[Oe List ...] Maundy Thursday/Holy Week Poem: "Do You Know What I Have Done?"

[R Williams]

Ellie,
 
I really think you need to compile a book of your poetry.  It's wonderful that you share it with our community, but there's a much larger community that needs to be privy to it.  I encourage you to consider this.
 
Happy Easter to you and Carl,
Randy

--- On Fri, 4/22/11, elliestock at aol.com <elliestock at aol.com> wrote:


From: elliestock at aol.com <elliestock at aol.com>
Subject: [Oe List ...] Maundy Thursday/Holy Week Poem: "Do You Know What I Have Done?"
To: Dialogue at wedgeblade.net, OE at wedgeblade.net
Date: Friday, April 22, 2011, 2:35 PM



                                                      
 
 
                                         DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE?
 
                                             A table, a chair
                                             a tired soul, baring
                                            feet encrusted with journey’s dust—
                                           cleansing needed, but who will come?
 
                                        A basin, a towel
                                        a Servant, on knee trowelling,
                                        feet washing—freeing from clinging crud—
                                        do you know what I have done?
 
                                        A table, a chair
                                        a broken soul, searching—   
                                        heart crushed by burdens unending—
                                        will you do what I have done?
 
                                        A basin, a towel
                                        a servant soul finding
                                        Hope reborn, now helplessness shedding—
                                        called to do what I have done?
 
                                        A table, a chair
                                        a basin, a towel
                                       a longing world waiting, creation baiting
                                       first be last; if greatest, be least
                                       an example setting, on behalf of all serving
                                       Spirit strength surging
                                       New Heaven, New Earth converging.
                                       Do you know what I have done?
                             
                                        ~ ejhs



 

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