HOW DOES THE SPIRIT MOVE
Photo by Gabrielle Johnson (ChasingHorizons)
A Poem by Chelsea Fraser
Footless
on color waves and vibrations
tangible
un-congealed among paint
unsung among sound,
palpable to the eyes,
in the heart
seen—
formless
moving over the face of inner waters
preparing us
to be
renewed?
Or have you ever seen snow fall
like paint
upon a waiting page of grass
to coat the world in wonder
impermanent
in undulating sheets of powdered air
revealing and concealing
in its way
a Spirit unseen
upon the air?
Or have you watched the fire
in its many-colored burn
compel a meditation
wordless
like a prayer you did not know
uttered in repeating dances
upon a hearth,
upon a heart,
red and not-red,
heat and smoke,
incense drifting up
to God?
Or has the sand
from in between your toes
hugged you down
earthward
to reckon with pieces of World,
an embrace of home
for every inch of skin
it can reach—
loving kinship
receiving our spirits,
lifting them aloft,
each workmanship of God,
His Spirit’s moving—
moving through us,
our hearts the water
and the heat
and the clay
to float in sea salt wind
walk over the waters
under the snow
through the fire
upon the earth
with the Spirit of the Maker
breathing His warm breath
upon our face?
Chelsea Fraser is a wife, mother, poet, musician, and arts administrator. She believes that the lived experience is art, that the world is art, and that we were made to participate in making beauty. Chelsea seeks to use the arts to build people up, and her work pays attention to the natural world which she believes God has made, seeking to connect it to human moments. Chelsea holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Organizational Communication. She runs FPC Arts, a ministry that uses the arts to unlock and empower the full potential of who God has made each of us to be. She has been published in Ekstasis Magazine, Vessels of Light Journal, and The Way Back to Ourselves literary journal.
