SIGNS

SIGNS

A friend and I were visiting over coffee, and our conversation rolled around to current events and the sense of doom so many of us feel.

Something was said, I don’t remember what or by whom, I do remember

          (and even stepped aside and watched myself)

making the sign of the cross to ward off danger and enact a blessing on both of us.

My friend nodded his/her head and said

          Yeah

and the conversation moved on

the ancient act so oddly apropos.

ALL THE SIGNS

that say religion

are only that

because some guys

painted them so.

We can

shake off the orthodoxy

and allow the practices

to mean something more.

The sign of the cross

connects head to core

shoulder to shoulder

          body’s energy

          four elements

          cardinal points

          universal field

no blood sacrifice necessary.

RW

Seattle

06.20.2019

RW

Seattle

06.20.2019