Saturday, January 05, 2008

Waiting

Life is painful
because of the ones who have died.

Joy is painful
because of the ones who are crying.

Love is painful
because of the ones who hate.

And while I am loving, laughing and crying,
I am waiting for you, my Lord.

                                              Julia Esquivel

 

(With many thanks to Jane Redmont for introducing me to this wonderful Guatemalan poet...)

3 comments:

Jan said...

This is so true and so beautiful. Thank you.

Jan said...

And I'm so glad you have the link to the word game that earns rice grains!!! It's an addictive game, or so I find it to be.

Mike Farley said...

Yes, the Rice Game is fascinating - perhaps we ought to have a bloggers' rice league!