Just Like a Twinkling Star (A Tribute to St. Teresa of Calcutta)
Posted on Sunday, 4 September 2016
A
reblogged poem for St. Teresa of Calcutta on the occasion of her canonization
today…
Just Like a Twinkling Star
(Tribute to Mother Teresa)
By
Apolinario B Villalobos
Like
a tranquil smoothly flowing stream
that
ripples at the gentle touch of a falling leaf
and
nudge of a rock down its path
your
silence so unpredictable
and
fragile like a thin sheet of ice
cracks
even at the feather’s touch.
But
just like a twinkling star
your
light constantly guides
the
wayward souls that roam the earth,
they
who need a helping hand to be there –
a
place they have been longing for
but
just hindered by unseen hands.
You untiringly
and
unselfishly extend a hand
so
that those who have fallen
may
again stand.
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