Things I Dread

By Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B., from Swift Lord, You Are Not

("The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."  Proverbs 1:7)

Lifting the edge of the blanket

they will see my unwashed feet.

God has a photographic memory.

The dragon at the gate does not sleep.

Climbing the North face of Everest.

The shadow wolves are not a mirage.

Before the end the road just stops.

And, most of all, I fail at dying.

To be honest, all these I can manage,

though it is one damn bother.

But the ultimate terror: I will be measured

with the measure I measured out.

3:40:19 PM
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