beatitude


Comforted

for Beth

God keep us
Safe
This today
And when that doesn’t happen
Trust in you
Regardless
Knowing that the world
Is faulty
Because it seems
We must have it this way
And maybe all
The cosmos
Is fallen with us

And so
The stakes are high
In human will
So as to appear
Even
Greater than your own

Which is
Not reasonable
Though
You must arrange our will
To be so high
And seemingly
Mighty

Even to
Destroy this world
Though you
Have so many other Earths
You could
Bring along

But keep this
World
Going
Please
So that we might
Get it right

We might learn to mourn
And stop all
Human reasons
There are causes for mourning

Nature might
Forgive us
As we know that your forgiveness
Your pardon
Our salvation
Ever
Might be
In your heart
And then your hand
Extended toward
Our own

C L Couch


Matthew 5:4

Photo by Samsung Memory on Unsplash

beatitude

if
I took a chair
upon the dock
set the
chair
and set myself
on top
or
deeper in

I’d have a grand time
until
forgetting
where I am
suddenly stirring
and
then
falling in

chair
and peace
and all

and I hope
if
I'm not drowned
I’d have the
grace
to laugh

(or laugh
in
heaven)

c l couch

photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash