Thursday 8 April 2021

The Art of Resurrection: A meditation poem for Easter Thursday

 The Art of Resurrection 



How is 

it

possible

not to

believe in 

Resurrection;

when daily

it is

accomplished 

around

you?

When from

sleep's 

dark

and purple

night

the Divine 

rhythm

so long laid 

down

pulses playing

and

form is freed

while

colour

washes

the sky

clean

and

the 

birds 

sing their

holy astonishment

at seeing

the

light

again

for 

one more

day.

Where 

were 

you

then,

this dawning

when

the daily 

Easter

exultet took

place?

To what noise 

were your ears 

tuned?

To what sights 

your eyes?

Did you 

begin

with faith in 

the

beauty 

that awaited 

you 

beyond 

the door

of your 

snoozing senses;

or did 

you 

soldier slumber 

at the 

tomb of 

your yesterdays

unwilling 

to have

your gaze 

lifted

to sky's summoning

to a

new

start?

No matter,

this 

miracle awaits 

you,

every day,

with 

divine patience.

Come then

and join the 

dawn chorus

of delight

and allow 

sun, 

and sky, 

and sea;

bird, 

and bush, 

and beast

to teach you

the ancient 

wild resurrection 

art

of 

blessed

beginning.

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