The Second Half

I just finished listening to a set of CD's by Richard Rohr and Paula D'Arcy called, Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. They have changed my life by giving me vocabulary and assistance in recognizing the changes that are already taking place in me. I wrote this poem after the final CD.

Oh Love of Loves

We have been reunited

And all that I have known of Love

is now complete.

My first Love—

You loved me when I first took form

inside my mother

and You breathed Your breath

into my tiny cells.

And all my life You’ve waited

through my wounds and pitfalls

through my staged attempts

at piety and faith.

And here at last

I finally fell across the threshold

into outstretched wings

that fold and hold me

in Your heart.

The blinders off

the scales removed

there’s no more wanting;

Your love flows through my heart

and out into my life

Oh, Love of Loves.

Nancy Perkins
March 2013