Supplication

Spontaneous As wandering feet Enduring thought Acknowledging breath And of sunset and sunrise And in blinking eyes Across spur day and night infinite Wherein felt more of brightness that stuns Than darkness that intoxicates I carry both along with me Open my eyes and see the sun And close my eyes and see the moon It happened one day While going past the Hill of Calvary I saw a crowd of people A picture of which drew me there curious And saw the dangling of a crucifix The most awful of all things Glistening like trillion suns And asked everyone around there Oh tell me who is this young man? From tearful eyes came the reply He is the Son of Mary The Child of Nazareth The King of Bethlehem Oh my God! Oh my God! Let me close my eyes for good To see Thee day and night In Thy Bethlehem skies Lighting the lamp of love divine therein