The inner depths of love
are woven as a web
A shroud of our hearts
cast to cover the
Depths of sorrow
Sometimes they confuse
and tangle us
Sometimes they bring
us deeper down to the
Depths that be
Where our soul lives
in dark spaces
Not reached by outward
whims and pronouncements
Only in the quiet echoes
The Rev. Annette Joseph is rector at Holy Cross, Poplar Bluff Missouri. She is married to Richard and they have five children. Reflecting on life has always been a tool for deepening
Image: by Annette Joseph