Wednesday, August 26, 2020

#BlogElul Day 6

 Know


            One thing I ask of the LORD,

                     it is this that I seek—

             that I dwell in the house of the LORD

                     all the days of my life,

              to behold the LORD’s sweetness

                     and to gaze on His palace.

                             Psalm 27:4     The Book of Psalms. 

                                                          Robert Alter



I wander between the words

parsing out meanings,

finding a place to rest

If I ask this, what is asked of me

It is not the trappings—

my books stacked in bookcases

and in piles around my chair

It is not my art supplies—tubes of paints,

a few sable brushes, half finished

sketchbooks waiting for another line

It is not the words copied from books

Quotations and aphorisms 

Snippets from newspapers

nor is it my own writings

I have little to offer

My tomato plant —a small harvest

LORD feels too heavy, I shall use 

one of your other names—Ha Shem

I have no first fruits, nothing

except myself—flaws, doubts 

and at times turning my back

and walking the other way

Yet, I know I hear the words

and turn—I am here

warts and all asking

to dwell

in that same house



No comments:

Post a Comment