Shattered Mirror
And so a stricken lad with glassy eyes was spirited away to serve the fates of reason, with the measurements just so, a fairyland enchantment robbed of soul. Continue reading Shattered Mirror
Category: Poetry
Advent Reed
Our Blessed Lady is meek,
but in a way that inherits the earth
A humility that is exalted,
A simplicity than reigns… Continue reading Advent Reed
Dewi Sant
St. David used his power When his mother was in labor And soldiers came to slay her But hailstorms drove them back But he would not use his power To stop the warring Saxons That poured across the country To plunder and attack St. David used his power To make himself a pulpit From valley turned to hilltop That rose up from the sod But … Continue reading Dewi Sant
Shalott Revisited
I once met a fine young man Winning in his manners, honest in his speech With ideals that defied the world So broad in their scope, believing in the unseen Clinging to faith, and when that wavered, to hope, And when that wavered, to love, supreme among virtues (Could he not have shared that love with me instead of another?) We spoke of golden times … Continue reading Shalott Revisited
The Riddle of Notre Dame
“Hold high the cross, so I may see it through the flames.” – St. Joan Arc, before being burned at the stake. A holocaust of love Burning boldly through the dusk Cruciform, a candle gleams In a city’s heart consumed Crown of thorns enclose that heart Bleeding fresh in Paris streets A crimson tide run through the years To the roll of tumbrel wheels Here … Continue reading The Riddle of Notre Dame
Two Worlds
Two Worlds Yet friend-bound Two minds Yet heart-bound By accident, almost Conversing, sometimes brokenly Translating, sometimes poorly Yet we understood enough To laugh To long To care And sometimes I don’t know What clay has molded you, What sun has melted you, Though you are human And so am I Brother and sister, we’ve teased Yet sometimes it frightens me For you see the world … Continue reading Two Worlds
A Man for All Seasons: An Anthem
Foolish men have prattling tongues Yet the wisest use no words Purest songs go unsung Though the din, though the din Is heard Foolish men seek out a name Yet the wisest hold their own Set aside without shame Standing strong, standing strong Alone What’s the price, what’s the price Of God’s truth? What’s the sum, what’s the sum Of Man’s worth? Wild winds are … Continue reading A Man for All Seasons: An Anthem
The Proof of Love
You don’t have to be anything to me Except yourself Nor prove your worth to me Except through your own presence You don’t have to rattle, ramble, or rush Through a thousand thoughts Deep and provoking, keen and penetrating, Yet cold and sterile I desire your company You, the whole of you, just being you Not constrained and suffocated, Upholding a scholarly façade to shield … Continue reading The Proof of Love
Hidden Queen
Look into the poorest eyes And find the hidden queen The pool of gracious light reveals The depth of the Red Sea And she will lead us through the waves, The first upon dry ground Find the highly favored one, Work-chafed, oppression’s child, Whose people felt the stinging lash Yet heard the Word of God And she has heard His whisper rise On the harshness … Continue reading Hidden Queen
Italia
Empire of the heart You shake me to the core Fire-fused mountains And crumbling foundations Hot as your passion For living untamed You bleed through me When my soul sings through The hot-baked clay Of flesh and bone You make me move To the dance of dying As if this day were my last And your roads lead to eternity Martyr lilies flower fair And … Continue reading Italia
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