Poetry – Page 62 – A Thread You Follow

“…a sound filled the entire house…” Acts 2:2

Creator of the Universe
filling an entire house
with the whoosh of yourself.
Is there a rush of wind
in your absence?
A withdrawal that
sucks the life out of us?
Leaving us empty
and staring
at the empty rooms
where we thought
there had been something
just a moment before.
Whoosh me
for I need wooshing.
Amen.

“…will do greater works than these…” John 14:12

Doing God,
living, dying and living again God,
do you "do" us?
Like, if we don't "do" it
then your will "does" not get "done"?
If so, "do" us
because so many
don't "do" anything.
Amen.

Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” Matthew 28:9

God of the Garden Tomb,
Mover of earth and stone and air,
Speaker of "Hello",
in the morning and
in our mourning
you step out and greet us
as if we were neighbors
stepping out to get our mail
after a long day of work.
Make "Hello" natural again
because we don't know each other.
Amen.

“…and when he had looked around at everything…” Mark 11:11

God
whose glance covers the cosmos
with attention
give us a gaze that aspires to leave nothing out
of the order and chaos that surrounds us
for the sucking void hides what can be precious
Amen

Let’s Remake the World by Pedaling Faster

…after Gregory Orr

Let’s remake the world by pedaling faster
because the Dairy Queen can’t wait
at the end of our bicycle ride.
And the smiles speed brings
to the faces of my daughters
pulled along behind me
makes the circling madness
of my legs make sense.

Let’s “Go faster, Daddy!
so fast that our hair,
rushing behind us,
can’t catch us
and won’t get stuck
in the ice cream.”

Published: https://www.thewell.world/about/news/2020/04/08/mindful-poetry-virtual-gathering-2

“Unbind him, and let him go.” John 11:44

God, Weaver
of Creation's 
very fabric,
who knots and unknots,
guide us by the thread of life
to the heart's desire of the other
so we can unwrap
the woes of this world
allowing Beauty
to escape.
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