Focused, in a distracted sort of way
The other Sunday, I was teaching class and this idea just popped into my head. We were talking about God and how He enters into our time, how He enters our lifespans in the Sacraments; our years in the Seasons of the Church; our months in the Liturgical Cycles; our days in the feasts of... Continue Reading →
I can give you a thousand reasons not to choose me. I jump ship when I sense things are heading downhill; I am hardly the long legged girl you watch in the corner of the cafe, her dress floating in the wind of her aura, her long hair carrying the wind. I'm tiny, to put... Continue Reading →
This is why my love, we don’t wallow in our misery This is why we know to not let the darkness consume us whole. We choose instead to tattoo ourselves to remind us of the courage hidden deep within our skin, Ready to seep out when necessary like a superpower on demand. We use words... Continue Reading →
What do you want from me, I wonder? What pain so sweetly spurts embers from within? How do I give way to such a fire that consumes without scalding? How do I put to words such longing that is consummately engulfed in bleeding passion? I know no art capable of capturing it, no vice capable... Continue Reading →
Recently I was speaking to my mother and she pointed out the differences between my brother and I, specifically in regard to our personalities. She said how when we were kids, I was often quite alright with where I was in school/life and the only way she could get me to work harder on anything... Continue Reading →
Why do we marry on stages? Before all of family, community, society and seemingly the world? Why do we marry in churches before the altar, before angels and saints and the great magnitude of the clouds of witnesses? Why do we stand there, between heaven and earth and state, nay declare, our marriage? Why? Because... Continue Reading →
What do the heavens think of me I wonder, I do not know right from wrong, Perhaps no more than a song, what would angels say of me then? What I thought was a push was just the wind, and now I am pushed like an autumn leaf, and can no longer live with defined... Continue Reading →
I have found myself more inclined to follow his will Than dreams or status quo. For though I may not discerably comprehend at first, In the end, nothing gives me more joy than his delight. I have come to love him, even in his silence. His sweet surrender has strewn my heart asunder In search... Continue Reading →
I have come to love the Arched backs of promises made in earnest love, Whether kept or not. The soft pillows that line the spaces of silence between friends- Resolutely unforceful and inviting. The unforgettable moments so beautiful we forgot To stop for a picture. I have come to love the moments hidden between photographs The... Continue Reading →
Let me be your little wildflower, O Lord I have no great things to profess or teach I know no great truths or revelations Allow me, my Lord, only to wander with you. Let me grow on the mountain slopes you taught at- your soft chuckle, the song of my soul. Let me grow on... Continue Reading →
Sonia Kurian
Beyond the Surface 