by Marietta Lea B. Rosana

I am but a speck 
in this web of life,
a wave of memories
inspires me to be 
a child of the earth 
called to be light.

The universe beckons me
to be a haven for our common home,
a delight on sunless mornings,
a ripple of hope for this wounded world.

Who am I? 
if not for the Seed that was sown,
if not for God’s love and mercy;
Sewn with sacred strands 
by the Divine Maker

I am called to become 
God’s earthen vessel.

Marietta Lea B. Rosana hails from Tabaco City, Philippines. She is an educator, a retired judge, a lawyer and has been engaged in the practice of law since 1987. She gives legal counseling to poor litigants and teaches law in college after her retirement from the judiciary. Writing poetry is her favorite pastime with the themes on love, justice, silence and hope. Being a member of the Companions of Our Lady of the Cenacle, her poetry speaks of God’s love. Some of her poems have been published in the Catholic Poetry Room, Philippine Graphic Magazine, The Philippine Journal of Education and the defunct Bulletin Today. She firmly believes that poetry is the soul of a nation that can strengthen one’s faith.