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Sunday ~ In three parts

1

Sunday morning
and i have no one to pray to
it's lonely in the light,

O sweet sweet
sunrise melody
of birdsong
you drift into my awareness.


2.

church bells ring
an invitation
to empty our begging bowl


3.

the congregation gathers,
plummage preening
a Sunday soul,
words recited
hymns sung,
yesterday's
confessions heard
and forgiveness granted,
in the name of God

it's the way the week begins
for Christians...
Muslims and Jews have their own
day of atonement,

to remember words are like flowers,
growing like weeds
and bees carry a nectar
that is love from flower to flower.






— Kailashana, Mar 16, 2009

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Cloudthings

17 years 2 months ago

..."he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sunday"

Hi, really enjoyed these, never had much christian experience, special occassions, weddings, funerals (sung at lots of both) the odd communion. I always loved Ian Anderson's lyrics "I don't believe you, you've got the whole damned thing all wrong, he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sunday" Anyway apart from all that I loved the form of your works, the flow & the segmentation worked really neatly. I especially love the end, bees are so sacred I think... great little analogy in the end. Anni "Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, and even the phrase, "each other" doesn't make any sense."