In Memoriam Triptych
In Memoriam Triptych
Dedicated
to Aunt Edna and Uncle John
I do
not call you servants any longer… I have called you friends[i]
In Memoriam
Triptych I: On Aunts
Glistening,
Gleaming,
Bright jewels
of friendship.
Always
there.
On glorious
Scented seasonal
display
In Chapel’s
heart,
Churches tall,
Cathedrals.
Fine
Fortitude
Flowers gleam.
On hospitality.
Gifting us
Deep lessons
in generosity.
Welcoming
us to their table.
On wisdom
The Teacher.
Sharp
insight.
Opening
books.
Navigating
Learning.
Oiling
Hinges on the
doors of
Our imagination.
On being
A gift
Of beauty.
In Memoriam
Triptych II: On Uncles
On a
lesson,
in the grace
of being
there.
Wrapping
arms of wisdom,
Round life’s
shoulders.
Teaching important
lessons.
Gifting
Exemplary
Examples
Of service.
To the Community,
the Church,
and the
Saviour.
Incisive
advice.
Ever
constant
gloriously
indefatigable
dry wit.
In Memoriam
Triptych III: On Glory
Having
always been there.
Now time
and eternity meet,
They Kiss
Hands.
Glorious
things of thee are spoken
Zion,
city of our God[ii]
Transfigured.
Reunited
in Friendship.
As Citizens
And Residents
of Glory.
See,
the streams of living water
Springing
from eternal love.
With
Litanies
of
Nonconformist
Angels
And Archangels.
Round each
habitation hov’ring
See the
cloud and fire appear.
Singing in
the choir stalls
of Heaven.
Decorating
Chapels
And Tables
in the Holy
City.
Corresponding
with the
Governor
of the Bank of Heaven
On the Fiscal
Matters of the Day.
Quietly
crafting crosswords in
The New
Jerusalem Times.
Saviour,
if of Zion’s city
I
through grace a member am.
In the
Chapel Meetings of
Of the New
Jerusalem.
Lives well
lived
In winsome
discipleship.
Now there,
For time
and eternity meet.
Copyright
© Lottie
E. Allen
24 October
In the
Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Two
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