My Prayer-Poem for the Third Sunday of Lent, 7 March 2021

Give Sorrow Words


No, I don’t want to wallow in it, Lord
this sense of sorrow,
always
             lurking
                             there.
Preoccupation will bring stagnation
and the stench of surrender.
Instead, I would fearlessly
search within myself.
And if I find
weeds
           or boulders
                         or marshes
that have obstructed my way,
I will recognise them
and then find a way through
without taking up residence
in the swampland of sorrow.
How wonderful it is to be
                free
from the facade of sanctity
         and to be the                
                 me
that you know me to be;
for you have taught me
that we pray as we can
and not as we can’t.
              Come
       Spirit of Jesus,
      play your music
              in me.


©️Mark Andrew Smith
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