They’re making a home They’re making a home Building a place Moving in themselves No disgrace They’re moving furniture Listening to our needs Would you like a coffee table here Finding glorious space I don’t feel overwhelmed Or put out of place For as the three of them come in […]
Poetry
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Finger in the dust Finger in the dust tracing a faint line grains of sand shifting bumping into mine I think I have control I think I have a plan Chess-player God moves an atom Delight to show their hand He formed us from a speck of dirt His finger […]
I’ve been heard I’ve been heardI’ve been heldI’ve been knownQuiet words to mend and weld They opened upWide encompassing wingsCome in my childBroken world broken wings Grace flowed into justice woundsAnointing oilInner room Dare I venture back outsideStay my childRest awhile Death lays it’s ugly snaresLet’s trap this soldierThrow him […]
Scolded Scolded Why did you do that?You gave it all awayYou broke a precious bottleShould have been kept for another day It could have been used To feed the poorIt could have been used To make me more What a wastePerfumed ointmentExtravagant gesture Death anointment It’s a gift of loveMoney […]
I want to know you Christ I want to know you ChristAnd to make you knownI want to fall in your footprintsReap the harvest you have sown I want to noticeWhen you slip into the roomPresence of fragranceNo longer in a tomb I want to knowThe punctures in your skinMay […]
In my hiding place You are a hiding place for me A large rock A small crevice My ant like self can find a home Deep within its bossom I follow the fissure I burrow in deep I hide my self in you Feathers fall at my feet Safe and […]
The orphan and the widow The orphan and the widow You provide for them both Both lost attachments You care for their growth You watch over strangers You care for the poor Prisoners locked up inside Need not worry anymore I secure my attachment I cling to the host […]
I Remember I remember From this day The little gifts Left along the way I remember the silence I remember the sounds Little dog ears Even there you are found I add them all up When my mind starts to wander To places of fear Despondency bondage I’m growing […]
I Can’t Take the Pain Away I can’t take the pain away I don’t have a magic wand I don’t have a time travel machine To wish us back to nought It’s the clugginess Of this earth bound clay That grips around the soul One day, we know not when […]
A 17th Century Nun Prayed ‘Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and someday will be old.’ Recently, I went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a small village here in New Zealand. In 1892, Suzanne Aubert (better known as Mother Mary Joseph) established the congregation […]