I choose to live life on my knees
By Carlos Rodriguez
From the "Poetry and Prayers to unite America" Collection.
De la coleccion "Poemas y Oraciones para unir America".
I choose to live life on my knees,
Kneeling as a sign
of reverence
to the sacredness of it All,
the sacredness of your story and mine, of your wounds and mine, of your joys and mine
I choose to live life on my knees,
Kneeling as a sign of reverence
to the sacredness of it All,
Kneelin, Opening,
The heart as wide as the soul will stretch because from the bottom grace can be received not from the top
because from the bottom tears can wash over us all
But tears do not fall upward...there is such a thing as gravity
"Blessed are those that cry..." He said
I choose to live life on my knees,
Kneeling as a sign of obedience
to the deep secret of sacred within
Knighted by the longing deep within All that we will work towards a world where we stop throwing miracles away
I choose to live life on my knees,
healing your broken feet- the only way I know
with calloused hands
Kissing the wounds of your journey, whatever "camino" you have walked
Standing in awe of the God that encouraged you through so many massacred streets
Psalm 23:4
I choose to live life on my knees,
Not because I cannot stand
but because I cannot stand alone
without holding on to your hands
In this the great circle we are meant to stand together
and yet so many are pushed down on their knees
So I have decided that I will live life on my knees
grasping for hands at either side of the circles of those pushed down on their knees
Standing slowly. Overwhelmed. As we lift each other up.
Until no one is left down on their knees.