Closing the Door

January, 2009

Closing the door-
a last quarter turn of the key,
click, locked.
         24 and one half years
         complete.

 
Walking away-
         emptied desk,
         emptied shelves,
         emptied walls,
         emptied files,
         emptied waste basket,
full boxes, 
full heart.
A final look
         to glimpse fragments left behind.

 
Turning from
         what was
         to what will be.
 
Praying-
silently in empty spaces
holy places
echoes resounding
         prayer and praise,
         music and laughter,
         children and parents and grandparents
         sounds of silence and sounds of life
filled with wisdom, mystery, memory, grace
ever present Spirit
Holy Communion.
 
An ending 
a closing
a treasure packed up and locked
         behind
         yet within
         past but always present
a key for tomorrow.
 
O Divine Mystery,
Thank you for what was.
May an opening begin with this closing.