Hope

By Your Invitation 
I sit and wait 
Releasing thoughts 
That agitate 
To be whisked away 
On wild late 
November winds 

Accompanied by 
One dancing flame 
And the sweetness of
Your Dearest Name 
I rest here till
Your Wisdom 
Reclaims me once again 

From the chaos and confusion 
And the collective cruel delusion 
That we can be saved by 
Anything less than 
Unmitigated Love

O Lady of Advent
Find me! Grace me
And remind me
That for today 
To sit and wait 
With Hope
Is work enough.

~Cheryl Anne Maris 
Advent I 2022