Totem

Today's word is "totem" ... "A natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed to be the emblem of a clan, family, or group." (Dictionary.com)

Syllable
Light came to life,
Energy to matter,
Chaos to order,
Entropy confused.
Bringing the Word,
the Breath, the Spirit,
into the spiritless.
Birthing hope, and
promise and love
and all good things.
No totems or wooden
ideas. No purposeless design.
But the same wonder
woven around and
through all nature and
created things. Enough
for every eye to see.
For every heart to feel.
For every mind to
discover, if it wills.
So that the improbable
becomes possible at
last. And the material
holds together in that
which is, unbelievably,
invisibly, more than
we can imagine.


Anne Selleck
Copyright 2014