Lord, you know I was no man of renown in those days of old, when there were giants in the earth. Good men walked straight then, but there was no rest for the wicked or the saint when the Lord decided that he could not wait for the thing he did not have. Good men … More Noah’s Lament
Mercy, Lord. I cannot learn to weep again. I have forgotten how. I am no match for a gentle hand and a wondering eye. I was unable to mop her tears up with gold embroidered sleeves, heavy weight of God’s light. … When I saw you by the gate, mud-daub and dust dark with the … More Gabriel’s Lament
When you ordered me to sacrifice my own for love of you, I said no words. You knew what I would do, and still you asked for the boy who brought joy to my days, water for my throat, the boy you promised. A son who would make every one of my wanderings through town … More Abraham’s Lament
The Lamentations are a series of poems I started in 2013 when I found that the men and women of the Bible rarely spoke in the first person. Without clear explanations for their behavior, these fascinating men and women, often dealing with strange, and perhaps unimaginable circumstances to a denizen of the 21st century, were … More an explanation of the lamentations
Of the red earth you came, and I came from you. O Adam, now we till the ground from which we were taken. We were carved of rock and sandstone. Now we are dust and dirt. Unto it we will return. But I did not know how to move until I was dust. The wind … More Eve’s Lament
The beasts walked with me before they knew their names. How were we to know? Good and evil and the difference between are points on a map as yet unwritten. All was yours, Lord. We were yours, for a time, before the flaming sword. We could not be anything other than this, could we? Did … More Adam’s Lament
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