TRUE

There was a Man

Amid a world lying

In the wicked one; all

He said was true .

Amongst gainsayers,

Self-seekers, and those at enmity

With truth, He could

Be named the Amen.

Among disciples He could start,

As He could with Pharisees,

Sentences of high intent,

"Verily, verily ...".

Before His Father He could

Acknowledge One in glory

And in intimacy as

The only true God.

[Being Scots I'm a bit thrifty and try to get my poems to work more than one way!]

In the grounds of Mellerstain House

BEFORE HIS FATHER

Before His Father He could
Acknowledge One in glory
And in intimacy as
The only true God.
 
So that His Father was
Constrained by love to accord
What accords to His nobility
The title "Lord and Christ".
 
Having completed the work
To the satisfaction of Him
Who loved Him He could
Address, "Righteous Father".
 
He was the expression of all
God would convey, consonant
With the divine thought that every
Word of God is pure.

Why is He the Beloved?
Because God saw in every act
And thought He was true,

Noble, just and pure. 

Mellerstain House, Scottish Borders

Designed by Robert Adam

(probably Scotland's greatest architect)