Presentation

Convergence

It’s raining

And thundering.

February 2

Groundhog  Day

Candlemas

Feast of the Presentation.

It’s raining.

My brain

rains

And thunders

In concert.

Groundhogs

In the Temple.

Jesus

In the Temple.

Simeon and Anna

In the Temple.

Rain and thunder

Lightning now

Too.

Here we are

All of us together

Present

Once again.

Nunc Dimittus

What if there's more than this?

What if the groundhog

Sees more than sun

Or shade?

What if the groundhog

Predicts

Groundhog life and health

Or maybe even more?

What if the groundhog

Showing up

Is enough for us to imagine

Something different

Than this,

Something more

Than this?

What if the coincidence

Of groundhogs

And Jesus shown off

A babe in Mary’s arms

In the Temple

For the first time,

Recognized by Simeon and Anna

The oldest ones there

Signals yet another beginning,

Something new

Not sun

Or shade

But something new

Altogether

Never before seen or heard?

What if the groundhog

Sees more than sun or shade

And Simeon can finally

Depart in peace?