an introductory sample~
Shekhinah
I wear a haloed dove
tattooed upon my chest.
She bears an olive branch
and light shines from her breast.
She is my badge of faith,
reminder engraved over my heart,
Shekhinah, Holy Spirit -
source of love - raising sparks.
~Ann R. Cantú, 05/31/00
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Vía Única
Canta libre,
de almas lúcidas y llenas,
lineado la vía eterna,
de santos y de pécadores - los mismos.
Lógica perfecta no hay de tierra;
la verdad es infinito.
Un solo altar divino es todo-
nunca más castigado,
solamente amado-
una canción desnuda,
libertád clara y
poesía pura.
English translation~
One Way
Sing free,
from souls glowing and overflowing,
marking the eternal pathway
of saints and of sinners - the same.
Perfect logic is not earthly;
the truth is infinite.
A single divine altar is all-
punished nevermore,
only loved-
a naked song,
clear liberty and
pure poetry.
-Ann R. Cantú, 09/04/00
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Miracle of the Unexpected
I asked for that which I expected I should have;
Desired to direct my course, my choice to make-
I received instead the most miraculous gift...
As time draws nigh when we will not share
Moments such as these, our souls entwine to
Become one, joined eternally in divine dance.
We came here seeking, knowing not what we lacked,
Barely recognizing we had need to fill,
And never would have seen, but for the hand of God.
Now you go, but I am within you; you live here in me.
This union of our spirits comes only by sacred decree.
Ours is but to accept.....bound in love, ever free.
-Ann R. Cantú, 01/02/01
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Where I Am
Save this poem for any rainy day,
sometime when you are lonely,
you can think of me and smile.
We have the right ideas to share,
without the time or place to give
ourselves to all we have learned.
Our lives cannot be lived on sentient
summons, but you know where I am.
I am close enough to love you.
-Ann R. Cantú, 02/16/01
