If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.
(Gospel)
Christ Our Earth
Yet he will not
force
our allegiance
the struggle
the years
the deaths
for Truth
the suffering
the humiliation
the unknowing
for Truth
can it be
otherwise?
The vision of
the child
the poet
the prophet
Christ
the hope
the dream
the gift
given
the Truth
must
be cherished
protected
nourished
it is a living
thing—
it is a delicate
thing
the fleeting
vision
cannot be denied
a bluebell
blooms
and dies
it was
not
a lie
the flame in
the
sanctuary lamp
must
not be put out
Truth
witnesses
Presence
not seen