Sonnet

My children, do not let anyone lead you astray.
To live a holy life.
Fast fails the day.
Ending all strife.

I was dreaming of the future of oblates.
If the monks leave an abbey for elsewhere.
Perhaps they should open heart’s gates.
They could continue to pray and sing the office there.

Was not St Benedict a layman at first.
Can there not be more of a role for lay people.
Can they not too for commitment thirst.
Can they not climb faith’s steeple.

There may be an important role with full involvement.
But that does not affect their full commitment.

Haiku

Not full involvement
But yet still full commitment
If thirst to commit