Published on: December 5th, 2006
IF
A poem by Sheryl Chen, OCSO
IF
She had not stilled her own soul
like a weaned child
on the breast of God
If she had not learned
to touch presence
in emptiness
If she had not attuned her inner ear
to the heartbeat of God
or the whir of wings
Would she have even noticed the angel?
Sheryl Chen, OCSO
[Reprinted from Student Leadership journal, winter 1994]
