Sunday, March 29, 2015

Tiny Star

Let me be your little nothing,
whom you love with all your heart.
Let me be your glory's mirror;
may my pride receive no part.

Let me be your emptiness,
to give you room to live.
Let me offer up your majesty;
I have no more to give.

Let me be your tiny star,
obscured by clouds and night.
Only you shall see me there
and keep my flame alight.

-Laura Marie Hall Paxton
03/29/2015

2 comments:

  1. Wow, so beautifully rich. I appreciate this poem. Thank you. I'm going to bookmark your site and come back to poke around. I'm being led to live more "Carmelite like."

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    1. Thanks so much, Jenny. Carmelite spirituality has been the best thing to help my relationship with God become closer and deeper. I wrote this poem while meditating on becoming more humble.

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