Poem: “Gratitudni”*

By Charles H. Harper

Something there is

in the human spirit –

a hunch, a wish,

a gleam of intuition

that whispers

–

there is more here

than meets the eye,

more than the mind

can comprehend

or words name,

–

a darkness and light,

a presence and absence

hidden – but shown

to some inner knowing

that knows better than we know,

–

that knows we are meant

to cry out our lament and praise,

our anger and thanksgiving

to the Nameless One

with many names.

–

So we do.

Amen

* The title is Maltese for “gratitude”

“Gratitudni” from Gratitude: Mealtime Meditations and Prayers for Seekers, Skeptics, Agnostics and Other Believers by Charles H. Harper (Powder Horn Press, 2012). Copyright © by Charles H. Harper. Reprinted by permission of the author.