At Your Least

Hear me:

you can be as strong as the slave
born in majesty, kidnapped to captivity
weakness taught onto thee by those who have surrendered strength
yet, this shall not be your end.

Remember I too have bled.
from the depths
for the dead.

At the cry of the caged bird, I would suffer yet again.
That a song from the saviour might play from the heavens.

know
the spirit sings because it is happy
for neither trouble nor trial has triumphed
over the sword of swords
that is the joy of love.

In Passing

I will leave this place with a song
or thinking of one.

when the walls of heaven and earth come crashing down,
they will meet me in a joyous spirit.

and the keepers of heaven shall watch in awe as they did on that day. and again.

Remembrance (the Lord's Ode)

remember me in totality
as a brave idea
an eternal antagonist of fear
armed with the sword of the King who sits on the throne.

when the absence of strength persuades you to follow
remember me in totality

as the unmistakable coming
of that which the prophet spoke
to the ennobled glory of the day
and the abounding reverence of the night


unfailingly...remember me