poem: Written for a Living Poet 1: Question of Spirit

Among us all,

perhaps only you

could look God in the eye

and tell him the truth:

He needs

to ask our forgiveness

for what is required

to maintain us.

Namely, our spirit

in a realm

that rewards most,

its opposite,

its subjugation;

delights in its, and our

own, annihilation.

With the grace of Mary

and twice her world

weariness, nobody here

ever heralded your arrival.

Observing from sidelines

and shadowed heart spaces

you would still

pick up the magnifying glass

and mirror,

then perform the

painful midline self surgery

in order to pronounce judgment

on your own soul.

You would divine

the hardest questions

of all-

and save us

from the complications

of asking, for our selves-

how much result

of all the hubris

of our experiments in living

ever makes it

worth the cost we pay

in any measured currencies.

You would teach humility

to the grandiose,

and bigness

to the downtrod.

for Vesa, with reverence

Author's Note

too often we wait too long to tell others how their work affects us.
this series of part of my own limited attempt to give some back.

yello wrose photo is my own; figured it was fitting for a gal from Texas

Reviews

[W.k.kortas]

The good Ms. Lee is not here often enough, and it as an event worth rejoicing when she is. The "grace of Mary" indeed, amen.

[Marie Anzalone]

could not agree more, my friend

[Vesa Lee]

That I am, to anyone, anything at all is something of a small miracle...
Thank you for being someone very dear to me these five sad/wonderful/heartbreaking/soul-affirming/difficult/beautiful years.

p.s.
The roses are lovely. ^-^

[Marie Anzalone]

Vesa, one thing I have learned along the way, is that we are all Someone to more than one Somebody. You mean far more than you know, to far more than you think.

I hope you always write through your journey, because following it has been fascinating and life-affirming for us, too.

The roses are from a professional photo shoot I did recently. A sustainable urban city garden. I am glad you liked them, and the words. You are a truly wonderful person.

[Emily B]

If any poet deserved a living tribute, it would be she

[Marie Anzalone]

it is no mistake that I started this series with her, Emily. Thanks for reading. :-)