Pentecost Poetry – the texture of eternity
June 9, 2011
Yesterday began the Jewish holiday of Shavu’ot, the Feast of Weeks, in which – 50 days after Passover – Jews would bring the first fruits of the recent harvest into the Temple. For us, we remember this as Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out on all flesh and sending us out as workers in the harvest. Thus for the next four days, until Pentecost Sunday, we will have a piece of wordcraft or poetry in celebration! Today, our first is called: the texture of eternity
with the oil of gladness
burning on my brow
alight with anointing
i get caught up
in the embrace
of such instance
where i could never be content
…with indistinct distance
…with inadequate detachment
rather than the demonstration
…Your Holy Touch
…Your Love Divine
that sprinkles mercy
upon my face
while liquid joy
runs up and down my spine
embracing me
with the texture of eternity
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