Seeming Lord, you pass by. A sea of hands reaches for You. Straining to its end, Determined, one hand, truly, seems all Heart. You pass, seeming out of reach. From Heaven the Father sees, And satisfies the soul’s desire. “Who touched me?”, says the Son. © 2017 Joann Nelander
Under the Fig Tree
“I Saw You Under the Fig Tree.” All our yesterdays are forgotten With the rush of Tomorrow. All the words fade away. Images are fleeting. All praise passes into oblivion. The compliments lost, As unrecorded history. All things are sand Falling through the fingers of the Future. None endure the winds of Time. So, what … Continue reading
You, Before the Altar
Opening my eyes And lifting my head From my prayer, My eyes fell upon you, My friend. Your steady gaze Fixed on the naked Savior, Your arms crossed Over your breast And you, Lost to this world, Spoke my prayer. You, in iconic stature, Embodied my heart’s cry. Bowing my soul, I turned within To … Continue reading
Consolation of Eve
Crayon and pencil by Sr. Grace Remington, OCSOCopyright 2005, Sisters of the Mississippi Abbey Consolation of Eve Mother Eve, waiting long,Your bones resting in the earth,At Adam’s side,From which you were taken,Waiting, waiting for the Woman. Sustained in weary life by a Promise.Enduring the grave,Counting the centuries,Waiting for Good News.The Virgin is with Child. Rejoice! … Continue reading
ABBA WAITS
ABBA WAITS While I wandered, Wandered far, Abba waits. Winding roads and forests, Miles and mountains, Abba waits. Husks and devolution, Drunken prostitution, All the while, Abba waits. Humbled in revelation, Plans of feeble protestation, Still Abba waits. Homeward, humbled, Bowed and broken, Eyes to the horizon, Abba waits Heart aflame, Running, embracing, gifting a … Continue reading
