the holey week
so this is
Holy Week
except for holes
we have
in planning
certain days
but come by the church
we will be open
all the time
you may kneel in darkness
or in daylight
whatever is the atmosphere
for God and you
to chat
for God will not mind
your mood
or what you have to say
if need be
God will listen
though profanity
though maybe
keep that
‘twixt yourselves
and God will answer in
a away
that most likely
will not satisfy
though there are
instant precedents
they are
in stories
mostly
though
we’ll leave
without resolve
unrecommended
maybe unbelieving
in the silence
that was shared
for God
works in God’s timing
and waiting much
is called for
or not
or something else
kairos
and a gift
we don’t know
how to ask for
and receive
in time
more than we could
ever ask
and ain’t that something
this translucent
faith business
that ain’t a business
but a gift store
without prices
where everything’s available
though we have to wait
to have it chosen
for us
what we need
in time
and we could call it
holy time
in a
holy week
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photo by Josh Eckstein on Unsplash
Lent 32
Is there a mood for Lent?
We could light a candle
Or set a dancing flame inside
A lamp
We could cross ourselves into
A meditative frame,
A shape that’s somehow both
Relaxing and attentive
(from yoga, we might learn options)
We can clean our minds
Dust out the mental bunnies
That distract with
Rapid-fire hiding
Leave the nightmare-horses go
That otherwise fence our thoughts
And predilections
A prophet might say
Make straight
The roadway to the Lord
Monarchs might proclaim
A day for silence and in
Contemplation find peace within
Oneself and in the realm
But kingly days are done
(we have the prophet’s words)
Except for self-styling
Which days should be numbered, too
Leaving us with our unbloodlined
Selves,
Choice and determination
Know thyself, someone says
(sooner or later in nostalgic king’s English)
It’s a democracy of souls
To find direction
We are free
As we are
To seek out something
That we need
In and for each season
That we have
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Meals are by candelight on Great Gull Island. The candleholders have been around the block a few times.
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