Every Bit As Heavenly


 

Every Bit As Heavenly

Watching a Video of
a Graybearded Man
With a Voice
Woven from
The Heart of a Father
Singing Goodbye
To His Son,

With the Tender Tones of
a Baritone Angel,
Plucked from Behind
a Microphone In a
Texas Tavern,

But This Time Singing
for a Panel of Celebrity Judges
on a TV Talent Show,
Where One Judge
Is Known for His
Sharp-Edged Sword
of a Tongue,

But Even His Eyes
Are Spilling as He
Rises With the Audience
To Raise Their Hands
In Joy.

I’m Watching This
on a Sunday Sabbath Morning,
at the Same Time
I Once Spent
Singing Holy Hymns
and Kneeling With
Head Bowed to
Rest On a Pew
While Whispering
Prayers to
The All That Is
Divine.

It Comes to Me,
In a Whisper from
My Maker,
That My TV Talent Show
Texas Father’s
Tearful Triumph

Is Every Bit
as Heavenly as a
Sabbath Prayer.

(Photo by A.C.; UnSplash)

Hang Time


 

Hang Time

I’ll Honor Your Own
Sightlines
By Presaging This With

What IF . . .

The Maker of All That Is
Love and Light, Joy and Laughter
Has No Wish
To Be Worshipped and Obeyed,
No Desire
To Be Served.

What IF . . .

She Just Wants To
Hang Out With You,

Listen To Your Heart Beat
Its Stories of
Joy or Despair,
Gladness or Sadness,
Hilarity or Amazement?

Think of Your Stories As
Prayers.

What IF . . .

He Just Wants To
Comfort You,
Bump Fists with You,

Come Up With
The Next Line to
That Poem
You’ve Been Playing With,
Flash You an Image
for That Watercolor
You Daydream About?

Think of These As
Answers To Prayers.

What IF . . .

She’s Sitting With You,
Right There On the Couch?

He’s Got His Arm Around You,
Pulling You Close?

(Photo By Jason Hinrich; UnSplash)

Did You Think He Was Kidding?


 

Did You Think He Was Kidding?

When I Quote
Jesus,
from The Big Black Book,
I’ll Use an Asterisk
and Say

*“I Hope He Actually
Said This,
Because
I Love It,” . . .

to Wit,

“If You Want To
Truly Be
In Heaven,
Become
Like a Kid.”

Am I Stretching Things
To Say
This Must Mean
The Being of
Love and Light,
Joy and Laughter
Some Call
“God”
Is Actually . . .

A Big Kid?

It Follows,
Doesn’t It?

The Creator,
The Maker of
All That Is,

Is Playful and Curious,
Loves a Good Joke,
(Just Look Around)
and
Has Little Inclination
To Be All Serious
In the Way That’s
Required
To Be All Judgmental
and Such.

In Fact,
It Might Be Said
He (She) Just Wants
To Play With You!

Did You Think
Jesus
Was Kidding?

(Photo from the Movie, “Dogma.”)