I fell at your feet with the burden I carried Dragging my shoulders and soul to the ground. “The burden is mine, child,” you said while I tarried, Unable to rise and afraid to lay down.
Tag Archives: God
Quatrain
From a day of wandering and buzzing, My thoughts tangled up in their thrall, With vines of coiled hopes faintly budding – Dear God, straighten me; be my all.
Ex-Nihilo
If it is true, then what I see as debris, dross, may be somehow rearranged in You, an altar where Your praises sing and shine, though made of ash. For no-one but You has eyes to see the insides of the dark yet change its composites and make it bright. Only You who spokeContinue reading “Ex-Nihilo”
Purpose
Before the fact, Before the light, Before the waters and their domes, Before the dust, Before the breath, Before the rib, before the sleep, Before the names, Before the planting, Before the harvest and the fruits, Before the notion, Before the garden, Before the apple and the tree, Before the leaves,Continue reading “Purpose”
Dimensions
How wide – Encompassing the earth’s vast circle scarred yet shining, reaching further than these nails, from east to west, wider that the earth’s whole orbit, wider than the girth of sun, than solar systems, galaxies – How long – Spanning further than the years, the length of time, the age of sun, longerContinue reading “Dimensions”
Guarantor
There is no guarantee Within me Of righteousness or future glory, No guarantee Of how the story Will resolve. Yet in You in see, Only in Your pure blood, Continue reading “Guarantor”
The Answer
I am between writing projects at the moment, my liturgical poems on hold for a month until the last day in the calendar that I have yet to write about – Ascension Day at the start of May – and being yet to begin my Christian poets project (which you can expect to see meContinue reading “The Answer”
In the Shadow
One of my favourite passages in the Bible is Psalm 91, with its beautiful opening statement that “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most Hight / will rest in the shadow of the Almighty”. Here is a poem that I have written based around that psalm – the next in the series ofContinue reading “In the Shadow”
Nine Quatrains (Easter Vigil)
I. And so, the domes and waters in their place, He made His image-bearers shine His face. He looked on them and called them very good Who only trusted what they understood. II. The domes thrown into disarray to flood The earth and turn the man of dust to mud. Yet one remains toContinue reading “Nine Quatrains (Easter Vigil)”
Octave for Unity (For Paul Couturier, Ecumenist)
And in His body we are all made one And pray by day and night that we may be, As He prayed for us in Gethsemane: One body, shining in Him like the sun. If we have any comfort, consolation From being in Him, this then is our plea:Continue reading “Octave for Unity (For Paul Couturier, Ecumenist)”
The Consolations of Writing 