Snow and other poems

3 new poems on nature and faith

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Snow

Snow is just snow until
A streak of sunlight
Shimmers across each tiny prism
Scattering light like stardust 
Before our eyes

Trillions of crystals twirl
Toward the earth 
Like receipts of collective prayer 
Eager to reveal what we miss 
When we blink

Like An Evergreen

Make me like an evergreen
still and strong
rooted and sustained
 
through years of digging
into the stored soil 
of my soul
 
yielding to the decay
of beliefs, desires, habits 
which no longer nourish 

my becoming.
Let my growth and decay
humble my heart

allow new perspective
persistence 
as I tap into deeper wells 

of wisdom
toward the promise 
of a life abundant.

God Teaches Us

God teaches us
Through the soil
Through the seasons
Through our resilience 
Through His own son
That He can create life from death
That He is not limited by what we see
That each of our hopes, fears, plans  
are as familiar to Him as the stars
because He collects our prayers 
like the earth collects rain