God Buy Ye



God be with you

‘Til we meet again



As God is with you

Now

Which is to say

With us

And a hope

Therefore

For company

As you go upon the Earth

And through the

Changeable

Sometimes trap-laden

Population



God with you

God with me

If I may say

And certainly with us

Mine

And yours



Better than Mizpah

Certainly

More so

When Moses met the king

With the stone heart



More like near the rock

In fact

Where water

Leaped to save us

Or like Galilee

Where thousands met

To hear

The saving word



God keep you

And us

Even through

Maybe a long time

‘Til

We meet again



C L Couch





God buy ye, a Medieval understanding of salvation (paying a condemnation’s ransom with the coin that was Christ’s life); God be with ye a wish for spiritual company and comfort for a friend; all becomes Goodbye


though ironically I say hello from Pittsburgh where I was brought through cold, some snow to arrive; I get another car here, since mine was totaled (no one hurt except some cars), which is technically the main thing; I get to visit with some family, which is the real thing


hoping your winter days (or summer to the south) are grand,

God be with ye,

Christopher