Chapel

“From the wilderness”

The elder traveler shared

From whence she came

living on the edges of 83

58 years married…

Pondering for herself

what is the throughway

of Still…

Still married now

After moving, wandering

The Wilderness with same

Said human she did wed

Two years shy of 3 scores ago

She did not provide any answers

For her own life,

her wistfulness of voice

Changed the channel to

Sharing Her children’s path—

Two now divorced

One never married

I filled in the empty space

Of her silent reflective longing

Still, never, or once married

The throughway is the same

I offered,

A bit by choice,

A bit by chance

And we may never know

Which parts are which

Only that we dance with both

This wedding chapel

In the wilderness of South Africa

Is open air year round

Under the arc of sun

Over the reflection of water

Surrounded by wildlife

Perhaps the throughway

Is no different than living

It is to stay in the wilderness

With your marriage, with your life

To rise with the sun

And greet what comes

If your partner does the same

You may still be wandering

together at 83

By chance to rise

By choice to greet

By choice to rise

By chance to greet

The chapel of renewal

found in the dance with both

Blessed be the choice & chance

May we rise and greet what comes