A banner
I'm not one for waving a banner
or bellowing: LOOK AT ME!
You looked anyway
with a Presence
that had dropped away
enough falsity
to awaken the Presence
in me.
To ignite my courage
to drop away
even a few handfuls
of the falsity I cling to.
That many handfuls fewer
to obstruct my light
that rises to meet
the Light you have shone on me.
I'm not one for waving a banner
or bellowing: LOOK AT ME!
You looked anyway.
Thank you.
For Maria Stalnaker