Mother Wendy
Charlene Moskal
This is in praise of those
who live and die with faith,
who keep heaven in their hearts
and pray to god
or multi-armed gods
or beings with a dog face
and the body of man
or Sobek who hides the answer
to time in a ticking clock.
I give tribute to these Lost Boys
who have found a home.
who have little doubt,
believe with conviction
they are a piece of a celestial puzzle;
I envy their certainties,
that the heavens will stretch
to allow those good and true
to fit under the wing of a Grand Creator
whose face cannot be looked upon
but whose bosom opens
to embrace the shadow you.
I admire you.
I want to fill my vessel
with the essence
of uncompromised love,
find solace in mystery.
I salute all of you as I beseech
my maverick transitory gods
that for your sake,(and mine),
you are right,
that we will be remade whole,
that your god will become
Mother Wendy who saved Peter
when she sewed his shadow back on.
About the Author: Charlene Moskal
I am a Teaching Artist with The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project and a Fellow of the New Jersey Writing Project. For three decades prior to moving to Las Vegas, Nevada I taught in public schools in South Texas. I am published in numerous anthologies, magazines, e-zines, including, “The Esthetic Apostle”, “Multibilis”, “Dash”, “Chaleur Journal”, ”Helen” “Sky Island Journal”, ”Dash”, “The Raven’s Perch”, and others.Zeitgeist Press is the publisher of my second chapbook, “One Bare Foot”.