Humble Light

 

Perhaps a lighted candle

does improve the prospects

of a prayer achieving its purpose.

Who knows?

Maybe God notices the humble light

flickering with possibility,

affirming the hope

of the one who lit it.

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: 

Our Lady of Light Catholic Community - Estero, Florida

Pentecost

Flames hovered over each one of them.

Illuminated by the Holy Spirit,

their heads became the wicks,

their lives became the candles

that brought light into the world.

© 2019 Richard Havenga

How These Words Became a Poem

They didn't form as slowly
as wood grain grows in trees.

They didn't appear instantly,
like a reflection on rippling water.

Some arrived while waiting
for late spring lilacs.

Others were surrounding me,
waiting to be recognized,
like the soft sound 
of summer breathing.

Ideas turned quietly
inside my head,
like our planet turns
silently in space.

Inspiration, 
craving expression,
came from God
speaking in silence,
like a candle flame. 

© 2016 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Pickerel Lake Park - Kent County, Michigan

2. Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan

3. South Dakota

4. NASA

5. Our Lady of Light Catholic Church - Estero, Florida