I maintain a single focus
for my double mission and seek
to be a triple threat, meaning
I am a threefold flame ever
shifting its expression to match
the constant duality of
a troubled hour and my purpose
to show God’s power
by walking through the fire that can
no more consume me for I am
that fire now.
But this threat is only danger
to those who attack its essence,
which since we are discussing this,
I offer is not merely mine
but creation's angel whose name
I bear, whether former child lost
or spirit of life in me. Oh,
faithless generation. All things
are possible. Kingdom of God
shall be made present with power,
all reconciled.
Mary Angela Nangini's poems celebrate the richness of life and love. From the city to cottage-country and the roads in between, Nangini explores the changing seasons of her varied region. (This book will soon be reprinted in hard cover.)