poetry [compassion]: stilling storms
July 7, 2009 by bibledude
Filed under creative writing
by Keith Wallis
Mary, outside a tomb, carrying ointments
and a storm of grief,
hears the voice that calmed the waters
in tones of comfort:
‘Be still and know that I am God’.
At an Emmaus home, over broken bread,
in a storm of confusion,
hear the voice that calmed the waters
in tones of understanding:
‘Be still and know that I am God’.
Thomas, alone in the crowded upper room,
filled with the raging storm of bewilderment
hears the voice that calmed the waters
in tones of inclusion:
‘Be still and know that I am God’.
Peter, at the lake-side, ragged and wretched
in the paralysing storm of guilt,
hears the voice that calmed the waters
in tones of reconciliation:
‘Be still and know that I am God’.
About the author:
Keith Wallis is an engineering designer with affectations of being a poet. He’s a moderator at ChristianWriters.com and Keith’s blogs are :”Wordsculptures”: http://wordsculptures-keith.blogspot.com/ and “Wordling”: http://wordbrief.blogspot.com/, his website is: http://wordsculptures.co.uk/
poetry [compassion]: safety
July 6, 2009 by bibledude
Filed under creative writing
by Keith Wallis
A lifetime ago
traffic’s roaring battlefield held me
death row captive,
nowhere to hide,
no way to survive.
I turned my back to oblivion
awaiting the inevitable
stamp of death.
A moment ago
the future was a closed book
the past – another lifetime
about to be forgotten
just an imprint on the highway.
Then unsolicited hands reached down
with Samaritan soul
with Shepherd heart
with compassion.
I recognised, in His eyes,
another death row victim
on another highway of destruction
and the unsolicited hand
of grace
that surrounded me.
About the author:
Keith Wallis is an engineering designer with affectations of being a poet. He’s a moderator at ChristianWriters.com and Keith’s blogs are :”Wordsculptures”: http://wordsculptures-keith.blogspot.com/ and “Wordling”: http://wordbrief.blogspot.com/, his website is: http://wordsculptures.co.uk/
