Apologetics

the wider the better

  

There it is for us to see,

what will happen to us,

and soon, our own condition

seen in the lives of others,

each of us awaiting our turn

at grief and despair,

Pascal's terrifying image

clearer now at seventy

than at fifty, and clearer still

with each stunning day,

how the morning pours

through dew and weeds,

how the lilies close at night,

how the patience of a friend

makes all the difference,

how we forgive and learn

not to expect that in return.