"Mom beholden to the light..."

Respecting Wellness and the protection of 'isolation,' today's visit with my son, was I standing at the closed glass door. As I looked up to the light, standing behind the reflection cast upon the glass, my son took this picture of, "Mom beholden to the light." ...and so it IS...

look I to the sun above

creation in its unconditional love

upon bough, branch and leaf there be

light in reflected glory from the grace of Thee

splendor cast in shadow and light from afar

 the sun, a shimmer, a star.

~Rose Marie Raccioppi

“Once you have tasted flight, 

you will forever walk the earth 

with your eyes turned skyward, 

for there you have been, 

and there you will always long to return.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Ever Constant...

Ever Constant...

Touched be our pulsing hearts
For the years from which we depart
Yet memories hold ever constant, ever true
For known onto self be the timeless you
Each movement holds to our first step taken
In spirit we are ever embraced, not forsaken
God we know sees us as a child beyond time
Ever in birth new in blessings of the divine
Held we are in the womb of creation in PRAISE
Blessed be the way, THE WAY, of our days
The guide for self and the care you give
Is the gift of breath and BEING we come to live
So as you take gently my reaching hand
Feel I the WORD of GOD in loving command
And when the doors open to the heavens above 
Know it is the eternal, the eternal womb of love.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Drawing: Womb: Leonardo da Vinci.