A Lenten Collection

A Lenten Collection

A Lenten Collection

Lent: We walk into the gathering danger & doubt surrounding Jesus as he made choices that led to the Cross.
This is a time of preparation & reflection.
Where have you been this year & where might you be going?
What are the things that have kept your journey on pause?
What are the choices you have made that you would like to revisit?
A Lenten Collection

Tired

“Upon this path I walk”

1.
Upon this path I walk
sometimes I wonder why
other times I yell
into the silence that greets me
offering no response
no path
no direction
just my own voice
hollow & fatigued

2.
Toward you I journey
I want to wave palms
I want to shout with joy
I want eternity in the moment
I want not the darkness to arrive
I want not the trials to unfold
I want …

3.
Approaching the gates
will soon unfold
Approaching the palms
will soon occur
Approaching the betrayal
will soon ensue

4.
But I am tired
No more do I wish to have my eyes opened
No more do I wish to have ears that listen
No more do I wish my heart to echo suffering’s ache
No more do I want to see the margins
No more …

5.
Bones that are dry
– they say –
will dance
Bones that are lifeless
– they say –
will breathe
Bones that are bare
– they say –
will be clothed

'Dry bones'

‘Dry bones’

6.
They wept for him
he who had lived
now lay in state
scented with herbs
a funerary reminder
of that which
we were
we are
we will be

7.
Clothed in linens
stone rolled shut
light deprived
only still air to comfort
only silence to care
only absence to nurture

8.
Yet you came
in your own tears
you responded
in your own grief
you acted
in your own doubts
you unbound

Lazarus' Triptych

Lazarus’ Triptych

9.
But I am tired
For I know
Oh how I know
You call
You model
You mentor
You teach
You will not stay

10.
Upon this path I walk
where poles line roads
where the dead hang
where faith meets empire
where you prepare us to be alone

11.
For now
rest must I
soon
Rabbuni
I will walk once more
I will stand
I will carry the Light

12.
But
for now
I am tired
for now
I will pause
for now
I will reflect
for now
I will weep
for that which
we know
shall pass

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