(By John Robert Howell)
Does a famine of the spirit
starve health and calm and ease?
Awake to the Master's promises
and taste afresh the bread of Truth.
If of Love your loaf is made
Life divine will fill emaciation's void.
But who's to grind and knead and bake
before the grace and breaking?
If crust already cut and buttered you expect,
turn rather to the garner first
with gratitude.
