Below is a short poem by Madeline L’Engle entitled “Ascension, 1969”. As I read it I could not help but say to myself that I could have penned these same lines. They are heavy and earthbound. I hope this speaks to you as it did to me.
ASCENSION, 1969
Pride is heavy.
It weighs.
It is a fatness of spirit,
an overindulgence in self.
This gluttony is earthbound
Cannot be lifted up.
Help me to fast,
to lose this weight!
Otherwise, O Light One,
how can I rejoice in your
Ascension?
The Intentional Reader 