Today's poetry excerpt

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly
But merely vans to beat the air
The air which is now thoroughly small and dry
Smaller and dryer than the will
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death
Pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Comment: "to care and not to care" cuts to the heart of Lent. We are to care more for our neighbors and our spiritual well-being, and not to care about the debris of earthly existence.