Psalm - Gail Onion

[Larry Robinson]

Psalm


How could a day become a psalm?
My friend and I rescued a spider
one of those frail, long legged,
clinging to a spidery web
in the bathtub and now in the garden.
A neighbor returned from a visit
to family in Chile,
delayed for hours, no energy
for shopping. I left a bowl of eggs
by the door and called her.
I listened to friends today, their joys and 
sorrows, through visits on the phone.
I paused by the elderly rose trees,
touched the gnarled bark, knowing 
the heart wood was long gone,
but the heart was in the roses, 
still blooming.
The terrible wars, the dangers
threatening the world,
seemed worse today
and yet,
and yet, here was the world also,
here was the inviolable 
ancient holiness so ordinary,
so vulnerable,
still singing.

       - Gail Onion



"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts."
    - Wendell Berry
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