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Writer's pictureAnu Okikiolu

Poem #192 Still in your presence

My mind is prone to wander,

and my heart oft to walk astray.

In desperation, I cried to the heavens

for a way to keep on the path.

I had hoped for a boon,

something to make my devotion easier.

Instead, my trials become harder,

and for a moment, I thought you cruel...

Now I recognize that

even the trials are a privilege,

a bitter medicine that is hard to swallow

but good for the soul.

It forced me to rely on you,

to trust more in you.

Even in my wrestling

I was still in your presence.

Now even my troubles remind me of You.

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