" THE VICISSITUDES "

Through the vicissitudes of a life rife with lonely wanting
My path was lit from a spiritual place, with apparition's haunting
Driven to learn the power lurking in holy edifices and ancient places
I traveled the world with a randomness that taught me social graces
But throughout the vicissitudes, somehow I lost my own opinion
It took an act of God, to slow me down, and afford me personal dominion
Over choices and decisions concerning who I Love and what I do
Today, I find myself thanking God for helping me steer my course
For finally I have found deep within myself, a spiritual understanding
That is to say, my conversations with God no longer require planning
Somehow, through all the alternation I've found my Love of God
Not the God in history books or sermons
But the light you see in everything and everyone
The God in street urchins and butterfly's
The God in Love of life
The God in a thieving child
The God in the energy
That created everything
And the God that no longer requires
A plan
To speak with Him
(regardless of the vicissitudes)
Any time at all...

 

Tony Taylor    (Chicago)