Fingers Ease Rocking Beads

1.

Fingers finger
this precious world—
pointing, jabbing
and touching
everything possible
while torsos rock
forward and back
mumbling the infinite
prayer that mysterious
ease might flow
like a mighty river.

Beginning as a trickle
it tickles everything
it touches—
urgently bearing
every soft thing
along to
the laughing sea.

Each life a single bead
of the bracelet God
wears on her wrist.

2.

We are God’s probing and loving fingers.
Our prayer is gently rocking the world.
Beads scatter when the bracelet breaks.
Ease breaks out all over.

Personal Practice – Ask a friend to give you two words. Go dreamy and find two words yourself. Without thinking, write an essay or a poem using all four of these words. Wonder what your essay might mean*.

*special thanks to long-time friend, colleague and teacher Tamara Scarlet-Lyon for her continuing inspiration and companionship on the journey