Thirst
Thirst - meaning Summary
Spiritual Longing and Readiness
The speaker begins in spiritual lack, longing for a goodness she feels she has not yet attained. Nature becomes a place of instruction, linking devotion to God with love for the earth. Remembering herself as a slow learner, she asks for more time to grow. The poem treats prayer not as certainty, but as a gradual practice of readiness, humility, and desire.
Read Complete AnalysesAnother morning and I wake with thirst for the goodness I do not have. I walk out to the pond and all the way God has given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord, I was never a quick scholar but sulked and hunched over my books past the hour and the bell; grant me, in your mercy, a little more time. Love for the earth and love for you are having such a long conversation in my heart. Who knows what will finally happen or where I will be sent, yet already I have given a great many things away, expect- ing to be told to pack nothing, except the prayers which, with this thirst, I am slowly learning.
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