God is All in All

We are in the final days of April, which is National Poetry Month. Here is a poem I wrote in honor of the Holy Spirit, the great poet of the universe.

All in All

The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, 

the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all.

                                                         —Thomas Merton

When my imagination pales,
the evening sky never fails
to unfurl a panorama

 
When my heart dampens
I can trust the house wrens
to greet the dawn in my stead
 
When my feet grow leaden,
gingko leaves galliantly open
to engage the breeze in a dance
 
When my words are insufficient
to praise you, the omnicient
creator of all that I see,
 
May I always find prayer
as close as the very air
of your breath that is all in all.