Tuesday 29 October 2019

REFLECTIONS vii

It moves in

Inexorable dignity,

A strong runner

Who delights to run

From dawn to dusk.



It has the aura,

The rights,

Of a bridegroom.



Nothing escapes

The munificence

Of the splendour of its shining.

Tuesday 22 October 2019

REFLECTIONS vi

There are recesses,

Crannies, shades

Within.



Outwith there are

Shadows, mists, wynds,

Recesses.



Thy word is a lamp.



Saturday 19 October 2019

REFLECTIONS v

Ye were once darkness,
But now
Light in the Lord.

Ye are not in darkness,
For all ye
Are sons of light and sons of day.

Ye appear
As lights in the world.

Ye are the light of the world.

Wednesday 16 October 2019

REFLECTIONS iv

We will not see it,
Will not need it
Nor wish it
When night has gone.

But now it cheers
Sight and soul and heart
Till day arises.

When dark darkens,
If clouds cloud,
Lift yourself to admire
The Morning Star.

Thursday 10 October 2019

REFLECTIONS iii

All earthly life depends

On light

Fusing, infusing, suffusing.



All earthly life depends

On warmth

Mothering.



All earthly life depends

On order

Informing, forming, conforming.



Light warmth and order

Centre in,

And emanate from,

One Sun.

Monday 7 October 2019

REFLECTIONS ii

Let there be light,
God said,
And from that light
Genesis could begin.

Distinctions could be distinguished:
Day and night;
Earth and heaven;
Earth and sea;
Earth and plant.

Yet before animal
Could be animated, or man
Could be man

The particularity of the great light,
Manifested lordship,
Must be revealed.