I want to write about loss,
the kind that sweeps
us off our feet
and leaves us gasping—
loss of home, loss of friends,
marriages, miscarriages,
losses to misunderstandings.

I want to write about faith,
the kind that when you swallow
it dances through your body,
Spirit growing and bursting,
and if we are lucky,
settles in
like a kitten,
sleeping and purring
near our hearts
for a long nap.