Daniel Klawitter- A Poem

When Wonder Turns To Praise

 

 

For this is an experience which is characteristic of a philosopher,

this wondering: this is where philosophy begins and nowhere else.

--Plato, Theaetetus.

 

But Mary treasured all these words

and pondered them in her heart. 

The Gospel of Luke, 2:19.

 

 

A mother

must be made

of much more

than mere maternity

 

to birth a child

so adored

and enamored of eternity.

 

For the Holy Ghost

made the Lord of Hosts

a temple inside your womb

 

and when you said “Yes”

the angels confessed

that the devil’s reign was doomed.

 

No one expected so much

from one so small…

 

-Holy Theotokos-

full of grace.  We ponder

the wonder

of it all. 

 

 

Bio: Among other things, Daniel is the lead singer/lyricist for the indie rock band, Mining for Rain, and a member of the Colorado Poets Center. His full-length poetry collection, A Poet Playing Doctor, will be released in the fall of 2015 by Alabaster Leaves Publishing. To learn more, visit: http://about.me/dklawitter