Still

This was writ­ten on May 16, 2002, on the 6^th day of an 8 Day Retreat, in Sacred Heart Novitiate.

I do not remem­ber the exact contemplation/prayer that made me write this poem, but I do remem­ber the feel­ing of per­sonal unwor­thi­ness and the over­pow­er­ing love of God.

Still
eric san­til­lan

We will never really understand

Why you accept our frayed and
Frag­ile attempts at offer­ing
More than we could ever hope to give.

How you over­look with ten­der eyes
Our many betray­als.
And every time we go away–
How you wait!
Still.

We will never really under­stand
Why you embrace our sore and sorry selves
When we have not learned our lessons
Still.

And why every time that hap­pens
Our bro­ken hearts are mended
But we cry.