Celebrating the youness of you

In this somewhat dismal time, a good friend shared one of Gideon Heugh’s poems with me.

It cut through the enclosing greyness with a shaft of glorious light that fed my soul.

And I didn't want to keep it to myself.

You

You are a wild and gleeful thing,

nudged by lavish grace

towards all the astonishments,

and nothing can stop it

or you.

You are not a mistake.

The earth aches for your singular life,

for the miracle radiance

of purely, specifically

you.

The shakings and the dark noises

of a man-made world

cannot compete with your hallelujah blood,

your hosanna spirit,

or with the gentle fury of hope.

Gideon Heugh, Devastating Beauty, 2018

Thanks Gideon

From Quiet Disruptors