Oratio: Holding On

Shaking apart
from within
the Holy Spirit
looses the wheat
from the chaff
leaving nothing
that does not belong
to God
it feels like heartbreak
it feels like dying
I cling to it all
struggling to hold on
and also let go
on my knees I pray

~Robert Van Valkenburgh

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