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

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Agreed! and song lyrics!

On Apr 22, 2011, at 7:29 PM, R Williams wrote:

> 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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