Seven Sketches for Holy Week

I.

I do not want to wake up
To another morning
Without

You

I have waited long
So that i can't remember what
I'm waiting for

II.

If you are thirsty
Said the sky
If you are thirsty
Said the earth
If you are thirsty
We will thirst
With you

This our second divorce
Necessary distinction
So we could feel the need

III.

Stretched seductively to the sky
Opening her petals to the world
Reveling in the green
Swallowing up the sea
The pea blossom revealed in color
What the monks would find in numbers

IV.

Sun above us
Moon beneath us
Stars surround us
We are fixed in a dance
We could not escape

V.

Oh, Leviathan
We called you
To begin
In immensity
The singing of the sea

VI.

I do not want to wake up
To another morning
Without

You

I have waited long
And now i know
What i am waiting for

VII.

Rest, beloved
As Christ in a tomb;
Creation begins tomorrow in
This the land
Of our resurrection.

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love,
luke