Mary’s Song

Posted on December 24, 2009 by CarrieK

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Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot star fallen to my arms.
(Rest…You who have had so far to come.)
Now nearness satisfies the body of God sweetly.
Quiet He lies whose vigor hurled a universe.
He sleeps whose eyelids have not closed before.
His breath (so slight it seems no breath at all) once ruffled the dark deeps to sprout a world.
Charmed by dove’s voices, the whisper of straw, He dreams, hearing no music from His other
spheres.
Breath, mouth, ears, eyes… He is curtailed who overflowed all skies, all years.
Older than eternity, now He is new.
Now native to earth as I am, nailed to my poor planet, caught that I might be free,
Blind in my womb to know my darkness ended,
Brought to this birth for me to be new-born,
And for Him to see me mended, I must see Him torn.

~Luci Shaw

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10 Responses to Mary’s Song

  1. Kathy says:
    December 24, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Merry Christmas!
    .-= Kathy´s last blog ..Review: Evening’s Empire =-.

    Reply
  2. rhapsodyinbooks says:
    December 25, 2009 at 8:00 am

    What a lovely picture and poem!

    Merry Christmas!
    .-= rhapsodyinbooks´s last blog ..Merry Christmas! =-.

    Reply
  3. Sandy
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    December 25, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    That is beautiful! Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas!
    .-= Sandy´s last blog ..Merry Christmas to all! =-.

    Reply
  4. Literary Feline says:
    December 25, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas, Carrie!
    .-= Literary Feline´s last blog ..Review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens =-.

    Reply
  5. stacybuckeye says:
    December 30, 2009 at 7:13 am

    Hope you had a very merry Christmas!
    .-= stacybuckeye´s last blog ..The results are in… =-.

    Reply

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