Leaves in Light

On By dorahakIn Photography, Poems

Eden’s light long since faded
we no longer look to know or see
as we once saw but question
the light we possess, frugal,
appalled at universal decay:
but now You have come.

Contained within the palms of Your hands,
not a leaf, not a flower, not a rock,
not the universe in a grain of sand,
but nails driven into You in whom
we have our being.

You did not suffer apart from me
as a celestial leaf in glory fallen
shorn from root, tree, limb,
but You in me, now dead, buried,
risen to new life.

In this crucible of exile do not deny me
now the fire of your Spirit along darkened veins,
a reckoning, their pride of life burnt dry
into joyous rivers of light.

Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.


19 thoughts on “Leaves in Light”

    1. Thank you, Rob. It is God’s grace alone. This year has taken its toll on us as individuals and as a nation. Praise God, He holds the future in His hands.

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  4. What a beautiful theological metaphor. Your blended images are perfectly entwined into death and resurrection into new life. Hope does not end with fall or winter. It ends with the returning of the Light!
    Dwight

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