In Light and Darkness

“In every human being there is an inner life, where light and shadows, joys and fear, trust and doubt mingle. Amazing breakthroughs can take place there” 

Brother Alois; Uncovering the Wellsprings of Trust in God; Taizé 2013.

A sun that rises

Through blossomed trees

The dappled light

That shines

Through shifting shadows

Where deepest doubts

And heart-felt trust

Criss-cross

As brightness
Through fading gloom

And fed by light

Life dares to creep

Over calloused bark

As joy that smiles

Through tight, gnarled fears

And beauty
Hesitates

But then

Takes flight

On fragile wings

Beneath
The canopy

Of
The tree of Life.