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Lectio + Haiku -- May 2008
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Haiku
Cynics could cry more.
True believers could doubt more.
Wisdom could laugh more.
-- Greg, Seattle
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Tears are Sophie's shield.
I can't be cynical and
cry at the same time.
-- Margaret, In the Courtyard
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My pride has a bite,
like a pit bull's stubborn jaw.
Sophia! Kick me!
-- Greg, Seattle
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Old doubts, clamped jaw-tight,
unlock and let air in when
my mouth falls open.
-- Margaret, In the Courtyard
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Inspired by Psalm 3, this poem appears in
Psalms for Troubled Times: Prayers of Hope and Challenge by
Barbara Gibson, published by Crestline Press, Olympia,
Washington, in 2003.
Psalm 3
“Help from Sophia”
O Wisdom, how many are my doubts!
My cynical thoughts disturb me,
saying “There is no hope for the world.”
But you, Sophia, are a shield against despair.
With you beside me I can lift up my head.
I cry aloud and you answer me
from the deepest place within.
I am defeated by a thousand doubts
that crowd my busy mind.
I lie down and sleep, and then
I wake, for Wisdom calls to me.
Come to us, Sophia;
strike the jaw of our stubbornness
and rattle the teeth of our pride.
Sophia, you are the one
who orders all things for good.
May your blessings be for all beings.
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