Abiding Love / Good Friday Poem/1

The sun shines equally

On those who are mourning

And those who rejoice.

The birds sing their songs

For the passerby who walks

Heavy with burden

Or light in freedom.

The tree offers equal shade

To the one who is depressed

And the one who is full of life. 

Nature is indifferent

To our human emotions.

Nature is indifferent

To our joys and sorrows.

Is God indifferent too?

Or perhaps it is not indifference,

But abiding love and presence –

Always there

In equal share

Whether we want it

Or not,

Whether we seek it

Or not.

Just there.

Given freely

And equally

To all. 

Perhaps I don’t have to

Weep

Or rejoice

To let you know

I’m here.

Perhaps like the sun, birds, and trees

I can just be me

Here for you

As I am

As you are

Abiding in love

Together.  

© Jennifer Reyes Lay