The Re-union?
Dedicated to the friends of the Re-union.
Dawning,
The
“Day Star Arises[i]”,
In
this the Springtime,
Of
our lives.
A
Jewel that passes,
The
test of time,
Glistening,
gleaming, glowing.
Mysterious,
In
the East.
Relationships,
made.
Broken,
re-made.
Fragile.
Joy,
pain.
Health,
life.
Gifts.
Distant
geography.
Journeys,
gather.
Changed,
different.
Yet
the same.
The
Trees laugh with us,
They
were not there before.
Footnote
No II (for Footnotes matter)
“And
Solom0n made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen
and worked cherubim into it”.
When
the curtain[ii] is drawn,
Friendship’s
Jewel,
Breaks
anew,
In
our hearts.
“Words
are all we have”[iii].
They matter.
Who
built that?
Who
planted that tree?
Where
is the Cathedral in the city of our lives?
Today,
In
this the Springtime
Of
our lives,
Arising,
The
Day Star dawns.
“And
all the trees of the field shall clap their hands”[iv].
© Lottie E. Allen
On
the Eve of the Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople
12
September, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Six
Footnotes
[i] II Peter Chapter one verse nineteen:
“whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a
dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts” (King
James Version).
[ii] II Chronicles Chapter three, verse
fourteen: “And Solomon made the curtain of blue and purple and crimson
fabrics and fine linen and worked cherubim into it” (New Revised Standard
Version Updated Edition – NRSVUE).
[iv] Isaiah, Chapter fifty-five verse
twelve (King James Version).
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