Friday, April 1, 2011

Lenten Gleanings 2011: Compline or the Great Silence

Come Sweet Rest


Night.

I do not fight it.

What good to light a thousand candles

To shiver against the inevitable, the necessary.


Time has come.

Be sensible.

Go to your rest.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

Down to intimacy with You.


Tucked secure beneath Your sheltering wings

Rocked gently by angels, serenaded by Spirit.


Ferry me safe through my journey of darkness.

Refresh. Renew. Recreate.

Birth me only in Your presence,

Safe in the hollow of Your hands.

1 comment:

Jill Gardner said...

Your poetry is not the least bit blah. It's beautiful. Thanks for posting.