the good season that lasts

the week after

time of discipleship

like being free of Pharaoh
free
now
of similar devils

new obligations based
on old beliefs
and
now
regeneration

not an easy life
in the spirit
old and new temptations
to parry

disillusionment as
after
last Friday
until the vigil moment
Sunday

which is maybe how sometimes
faith
appears
fast like a bird
settling like
rain
a life re-breathed

a new season that in temperate climes
speaks to changing colors
and
thermometer degrees

and while these quarters will continue
the life
in the spirit
we know
now
shall not have an end
as long as we’re inclined
and others
all of us go on

face the choice
to belong
adhere
and have renewed breath
in the new time

in the gathering that is church
only people
by
its Greek definition

and goodness the soft
yoke
the easy
weighted burden

which faith allows
maybe
hopes near all traditions

c l couch

first full week of the Easter season


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