Barely Hesitation

Barely Hesitation

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7

Continue rapping, three sharp blows
where the door and the siding echoes;
then listen.

Continue knocking, pound three times
on the hollow front door, no whine,
just linger.

They are home, they are somewhere in the back,
splashing in the pool, playing the music loud.
Don’t leave just yet, don’t step down, don’t step back;
they know you well within and, should they know it was
you
knocking
they would instantly grin.

Keep on searching, take down notes
of every street you have pursued it;
then silent.

Keep on seeking, write it down,
town and country, dream and waking; just
watch lightly.

They are found, they are jewels, they are crowns;
beneath the loam, underneath the rockabye waves.
Don’t give up now, don’t lose heart, don’t lose faith;
Today is well known, tomorrow the wonder;
you
seeking
still, and yet gems and sweat.

Raise the questions, windmill wide,
while others hide doubt behind duty;
then pencil.

Keep no asking, heaven high,
no agenda, and no theorem; just
open ears.

They are answered, foreign or familiar;
from the deepest sigh, beyond sun and starlight high.
Listen is best; from Father’s openness;
our ears well-trained, silence is invitation;
you
asking,
barely hesitation.