Art Takes, Outtakes, and My Take » Poetry http://www.chronichope.com Chronic Hope - a band name? Your sister-in-law? Nope, it's the hope a person with chronic illness has. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hey You http://www.chronichope.com/2009/12/16/hey-you/ http://www.chronichope.com/2009/12/16/hey-you/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:42:34 +0000 justJ http://www.chronichope.com/?p=85 Recently I purchased the book, “Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West” by Daniel Ladinsky. A short attention span like mine, replete with fibrofog, likes Daniel’s page-or-less poetry that is fairly easy to read and comprehend. A random page-picking revealed my very first love poem from God entitled “Hey“. The last two lines mirror how simply I have been pared down:

I have been saying “Hey” lately too,

to God.

Formalities just weren’t

working.

Whether or not you agree with my concept of God, you may find the irreverence of a three-letter word works well proffered as prayer. I do, especially now when an acute viral infection earthquakes my chronic pain. In this season of well-wishing, giving, and never-ending scurrying for one day of hopeful celebration, it is my prayer that you, too, will offer your own prayer to the eternal Creator Who loves you.

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My home is wide open blue sky

The kind tourists take pictures of as they drive by

A Southwest that is safe

Open markets, multicultural plays

Art not subjugated to juried stays

A cafeteria pick of foods

Whole grains, smells of roasted chiles, too

High desert dry air

Colors rich, placed everywhere

Hot air balloons free to roam

Hideaways not always known

Trilingual sounds

Mountainous grounds

This is my home

~Copyright J.M.Rogers

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