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  • The Twitch of the Thread

    You drew the thread
    So tenderly
    Imperceptibly
    Fearing the violent jerk
    Would tear the hook
    Clear through my mouth
    And leave me lost
    Forever
    And all the while
    In my own unknowing pride
    I thought I made
    My own quite aimless way
    Through nowhere and beyond
    Until You eased me gently out
    And I then saw You
    Eye to eye
    And now I can
    But thank You that
    You drew the thread
    So tenderly

    Father Gerard Garrigan, OSB, is a Benedictine monk of Saint Louis Abbey.

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Since 2019, the Catholic Poetry Room (www.CatholicPoetry.org) has shared a new poem with readers each week. Poems range in style from formal to free verse to ekphrastics, with an honest expression of each author’s spiritual journey. Many Catholic Poetry Room adult readers are new to poetry and find the poems both accessible and enjoyable. The Catholic Poetry Room is also used by Catholic School teachers, who find the poems an excellent way to begin the day with their students, to pray, or use Catholic Poetry Room verse in their academic classes.