(Fr. Louis was Thomas Merton’s religious name)
I went to see you
and traveled far
some thirty-six years
and some hundred miles
hoping to receive
Finally
to stand beside
your resting grave
to contemplate your life
and curious end
Laying draped in holy jewelry
between two religious strangers
you had sunk into the earth
the weight of the world
you had always carried
and then some
So be it
you hillbilly who knows
where the secret still is hid
Deo Gratias for you
I finally found myself
a sainted smile
Glimpses of Glory 