Those eyes, I look and see myself as he does, He stares back with leisurely love, It never wavers, Each tiny cell speaking peace, Each lash and brow saying, “Hush.” Challenged I watch those eyes that watched the children play, and Blessed them, turned to the blind and dumb, and healed them, looked into the… Continue reading Love
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A Rainbow of Grace
Deep in sorrow I walked the walk of grief, Feeling in my hurting heart the pain of loss. Each beat a reminder of them and their sweet faces now facing an enemy grown by greed. === The rainbows arched across the sky, spilling their palette of colours as it stretched until it sank into the… Continue reading A Rainbow of Grace
The Crucifixion
Jesus gasped for a breath, the pain reached everywhere, the burning in is hands and feet, his skin burnt in the strong sun, the flies and ants and birds all preying on his precious blood. —— And I saw people from every nation, every creed, every age, every tribe, and they knelt before him and… Continue reading The Crucifixion
A Little Child Will Lead Them.
I looked and saw thousands of children, spilling over the land, their eyes all alight and shining; bright as the sunlight on the bright blue sea. —— They danced and sang as they came, and their many hued faces laughing with delight – for these are cheerful children favoured by fortune . ——— I turned… Continue reading A Little Child Will Lead Them.
The Shepherds
Did the star, so bright, kill the night? The baby silent in submission to the hands of unloved men and women? Did angels hover and sing so sweetly? Filling the sky with their susurration, articulating the glory of an organic God? ================================ Did Mary know that the sweat, pain and agony of giving birth; was… Continue reading The Shepherds
Hope in the Darkness
Darkness invites the weary, and brightens their time, with candles and fires, with glimpses of moons, and sparkling stars. And through the darkening sky peeps the pallid sun, its silent strength grown weaker; and wearily now it warmly shines in the myriad eyes of the parcelled populace, squinting and smiling, to see and feel the… Continue reading Hope in the Darkness
Stealing a Life for Profit
His back bears the brunt of racism and hatred gouged into his flesh.