Thursday, 24 August 2017

A Poem for Quietness

A poem for quietness

When I was quiet
When I died
down
It took a while to remember 
What really mattered.

The noises I had made
Shrieked in chiastic
emptying
As the diamond scrape of Words cut to the bone:

I am
enough
For you are held in 
Hands that sprinkle wonder.
Cross I bore shred My voice,
And now hear this:
Surrender means I love you;
Be still and see God's glory.

Be at rest, I tell anxious survivor,
for One has conquered,
and Christ's cleansing touch makes whole.
 
(c) J.C. Vandersee 24 August, 2017.

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