Rockville Road

soft sweep

of gentle hills

fallow fields

famished

for black seed

worked earth

glistening

in late rain

listening

to songs of

spring

as every

narrow

furrow

waits

(20 July 2013)

Listen to That Darkness

"Oh, listen to that darkness, listen to that deep darkness, listen to those seas of darkness on whose shores we stand and die. Now can we have you, peace, now can we sleep in Your will, sweet God of peace? Now can we have Your Word and in Him rest?" Thomas Merton, A Book of Hours.

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I'll wait in this bright room.

Night rages, windows fade

to none,

and trees bend, thrashed

by your love-song.

For you I'll wait -

Oh when, oh

when

will you come?

(23 Aug 2013)

I'll Wait

“Make ready for the face that speaks like lightning, uttering the new name of your exaltation deep in the vitals of your soul. Make ready for the Christ, Whose smile like lightning sets free the song of everlasting glory that now sleeps in your paper flesh, like dynamite.” Thomas Merton, A Book of Hours

I’ll

wait

for that

time when Your

silence fills the world

when even birds cannot conceive

cannot dream of dawn; then my sallow skin will burst to

flame, freedom’s song will utter my name, and I will rise to glory through death’s darkest vein!

(16 September 2013)