Tuesday, March 29, 2022

BELL OF HOPE

 


The Silverchalice of love

      brims over and a drop

            tinkles over the brim to shudder

                 a tinkling bell of hope on

                       the tabletop of my life.

The Cup is my Lord

       - the chalice is love -

            - and the movement of the drop is

                    our love together -

                         for all centuries

                             for all time.

The body will die

       crumble to ashes and dust

The voice will go and

           melt into silence

The gifts, the talents

          will no longer earthly endure

       But our spirits, Lord

             will dance for ever and ever

                  No death can touch us

                       No bitterness twist us

                           No hatred distort us

                                No lies part us.

You are mine

     and I am yours.

How to explain this wondrous love

How to explain this mightyburst of bliss

      that flows between us?

No words are needed to express it, says the Lord.

     Just be.

         Just feel.

             Just trust.

                 Just love.

                     Just be faithful.

                         Just unite.

And the drop gathers momentum, and

      falling over the edge of the tabletop

         dies in a splash of shattering on the floor

And lies shimmering with thousands of crystalrainbowprisms

            shining with new life

                 in the beauty and love of

                    The Mighty Son


Catherine Nicolette Whittle

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