A Lenten Meditation by Susan Fox: "The Beloved"

I am honoured to recommend for your prayerful reading, a poetical meditation by our dear friend, Susan Fox: 

 THE BELOVED

Written in the Alps, 1973, Grenoble, France

by Susan Fox

He comes with leaves,

drops brown and crackling

onto pavement,

shrieks cold and sharp

through the city;

He rises and dies.

Have you heard the

rustling from the mountains?

Can you see His

autumn red slashed across the hills?

Rain sweet and fresh, He tastes of morning....

The complete poem may be read here.