pursue pursuing: how “to use the word you are chasing”

Sister Lou Ella Hickman

January 27, 2022

from studies in words by c. s. lewis  

chase it  

until you let it capture 

your thought 

your heart 

then let it settle . . . 

slowly be held 

then 

behold 

the word becomes you 

with its embrace 

Sister Lou Ella has a master’s in theology from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and is a former teacher and librarian. She is a certified spiritual director as well as a poet and writer.  Her poems have appeared in numerous magazines and four anthologies.  She was a Pushcart nominee in 2017 and 2020. Press 53 published her first book of poetry entitled she: robed and wordless in 2015