Pure of Heart

As from a statue in a fountain
Time pours out, from You on us  
obediently dispensing moments
perhaps counted
yes, Time, so precious
 
And we grasp drops in sunshine,
split all these to sparkles
refracting and reflecting,
tossing a shower of diamonds
back into God’s catch basin  [i] 




[i]   Isaiah 55:11 – “Isaiah”.  United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. {https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/55}  (accessed January 19, 2022):
“So shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
It shall not return to me empty,
but shall do what pleases me,
achieving the end for which I sent it”