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Look Up?

By September 20, 2014May 2nd, 2017No Comments

Perhaps a part
of You working
what’s pleasing to You
in me
is displeasing
me with all I have
or feel that I have,
so that
so dis…
I don’t know,
disinterested?
disappointed?
disgusted?
disenchanted?
(I think that’s it…)
I’m unfulfilled while
full with it all.
Undo this deceit
that’s clearly failing me
Intimacy is a mist
indicating a shortcoming
indicating a superior flood
showing me I’m short-changed
when I chase it with a
cup,
thirstily seeking quenching
showing me I’m better off
looking for the Spring
(and just ditch the cup…)
There’s all but
to dip, swim, and drink
where there is
true quenching…
Disillusioned and burnt,
can I
(I know I may, but…)
somehow look up?

“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” C.S. Lewis

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon's articles, poems, and spoken word videos have been featured on The Gospel Coalition, Risen Motherhood, Journey Women, Fathom Mag, and The Witness: BCC. She resides in Tampa, FL with her husband Jon and beautiful, three-year-old daughter. Quina's first children's book, Love Made, is a poetic retelling of the creation story that highlights God as the Trinity, humans as His image bearers, and children as a delightful gift.

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