SOUL WEEPING [October 6 2008]A Poemsoul weeping
tears creeping
down my insides
wet
seeping
down
deep in
to my insides.
soul
steeping
down
deep in
the river wide
waves leaping
depths deepen;
my soul inside

by fears
weighed down
in tears
it drowns.
goodbye
goodbye
Eloi
Eloi
lama
sabacthani.
God
my God
tell me why
hast thou forsaken i?

tears
creeping
from my eyes.
soul
soul
weeping.
soul cries.
dies.

he looks for righteousness
behold
he hears a cry.

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” -Psalm 126:5
[From one of the Psalms prescribed for Evening Prayer for Tuesday, October 7 2008, week of Proper 22, in The Daily Office Lectionary (The Book of Common Prayer, modern edition)]
I went out into Ocho Rios and as far as Annotto Bay, twice last week, jobhunting:
CMP, Mystic Mountain, Morgan’s Hardware, Annotto Bay Hospital, Margueritaville, Fisherman’s Point, Island Village Plaza, Treasure Hunt, 3 jewellery stores etc., etc.,
the only good thing was being able to see Bobbette twice.
With tears I have sown grapes and reap only wild grapes. I eat still this bread of sorrow.
“…he looked for judgement, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.” -Isaiah 5:7
[from the Old Testament reading for October 5 2008, Proper 22]
i look for God’s judgementyet i am still oppressed.i seek His righteousness;
still i cry in distress!

[october 7 2008]
a wapscrapsalm

Godanswers
all prayers
sooner
or later.

[summer's end 2008]
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