Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Wonder Unimpeded

No remnants of boundaries
in the laboring hours.
In a fluid garment of
sweat and blood,
I am life-force unimpeded. 
Quietly I flow and churn,
an equinox of consciousness.  
My mind retreats inward;
a muscular twist
wrings it out again.
Withdrawing, emerging.
Adrift, anchored.  
Dark, light,
Change unimpeded,
Until the wringing grip holds fast,
and I am captive in the stark light,
and there is no shadow for relief,
and I regain my senses
and see my nakedness,
and agony crashes in,
and I despair,
but feel my hand being guided
into the blood, 
into the pain, 
to touch the 
downy head
of my son,
and discover
for the first time
wonder unimpeded. 


© Laura Seale, 2016

Photo by Evan-Amos
from Wikimedia Commons

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

I Remain Here (In Memory of Daniel Berrigan)

I remain here as I hear you have left.
I could be sad, but I am still inspired.
My own life can mean more than it has
Though I can never reach all you have done.


© Dennis Wright, 2016


Daniel Kerrigan with his niece Frida
at a Witness Against Torture event in 2008
Photo byThomas Good
from Wikimedia Commons