Thursday, March 31, 2011

Lenten Gleanings 2011: Vespers (EvenSong) or the Twilight Hours

Day's Passing


You invite me to come

As the rays of the setting sun

Slide like waves back into the ocean's depths.


Come, dine with me in celestial places.

Let us sup together in this twilight hour.

And I come.


I ward off the hounds of things undone and dangling,

Ignore their lusty howls and close the door of my closet

To gratefully relax in the warm spa of your companionship.


Together we watch the blazing glory of sunset,

The veil between our worlds so thin

Heaven and earth kiss.


You light the lamps of eternal shining stars,

Your hand brushing my face.

The intimacy of your caress

Fills my deepest longing.


I receive day's end, content.

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