My Prayer-Poem for Easter Monday, 5 April 2021

My Prayer-Poem for Easter Monday, 5 April 2021
(Second poem for the Easter Octave)

The Easter Way

With Easter eyes we navigate
life’s complicated way:
the doctor’s text about the scan
which spoilt a holiday,
the daughter’s call in tears because
her husband lost his job,
a dear friend testing positive
after a Covid swab.
In joy and sadness, risen Lord,
we walk in step with You;
You are the camber as we wend
life’s twisting avenue.

Save us from humanistic schemes
cambered by our own toil
or trying to live “more mindfully”,
a cure-all balm or oil.
Less “me” and “my”, be that our pledge
walking the Easter way
and more compassion in our world
of vexing disarray.
O risen Jesus, as you pledged,
Your Spirit freely flowed;
be our companion, be for us
the camber on our road.

​©️Mark Andrew Smith