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for BEAT
Natural
A
seed sown in a single human body
blossomed
to full flower in Galilee,
drew
men like fish out of the sparkling water,
multiplied
loaves with liberality,
reflected
back the origins of light,
broke
into pieces like a crust of bread,
was
poured out like a cup of undrunk wine
and
like all natural things, at last was dead—
but
would yet prove to be perennial,
rising
with fiery petals of Pentecost
to
burn in us like Moses’ bush on Horeb
and
will not be consumed, nor any lost.
One of two of poems written in response to a display of flower art at the BEAT (Borough of Ealing Art Trail) exhibit at St John's Church, West Ealing in September 2018.
Poem © Godfrey Rust 2018, godfrey@wordsout.co.uk. See here for permissions.
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