hope

In three acrostics

Holding
Onto a
Presumption of
Expectation

Having
Only a
Pale belief for
Edens rapture

Hearing the sound
Of angels voices
Pealing good news
Eclipsing time and story

First week of Advent

song

each morning
the day wakes
in bird song

voices raised
in praise
of the light returning

sing a song
of Light
for Love has returned

First Week in Advent

To breathe new life into

That is a definition of the word
renew

Breathe new life into my life
establish new ways of seeing
feeling
living
loving

Breathe into me that new green leaf
let the sap rise again
into these old bones
into this old way of being

Breathe new life
let it quicken
into compassion
generosity
hospitality

Breathe into me
O breath of Life
Fill me with life anew.

First Week of Advent

*hymn, Breathe on Me, Breath of God
Edwin Hatch, 1878

wait a moment
take a breath
wait a moment
see this moment as the entrance into your future
a point in time

a moment
hold this moment in your hand
fill it with silence, with calm,
all is calm, all is bright
a point in time

make a bright entrance into your future
in silence, in calm
this moment
fill it with breath
and move forward

First Week of Advent