SPIRIT / SNIPPETS

Reflection

BY JOHN O'DONOHUE

A poetic reflection for a friend on the arrival of illness

Now is the time of dark invitation
Beyond a frontier you did not expect;
Abruptly, your old life seems distant.

You barely noticed how each day opened
A path through fields never questioned,
Yet expected, deep down, to hold treasure.
Now your time on earth becomes full of threat. ...

[THIS ITEM APPEARS IN FULL IN THE SPRING 2008 ISSUE OF HEAL]