Darling Be Home Soon

My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, 

in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.

~  Isaiah 32

The Wilde Knight Is Calling

Of course the sinner must repent. But why? Simply because otherwise he would be unable to realise what he had done. The moment of repentance is the moment of initiation. More than that: it is the means by which one alters one's past. The Greeks thought that impossible. They often say in their Gnomic aphorisms, 'Even the Gods cannot alter the past.' Christ showed that the commonest sinner could do it, that it was the one thing he could do. Christ, had he been asked, would have said - I feel quite certain about it - that the moment the prodigal son fell on his knees and wept, he made his having wasted his substance with harlots, his swine- herding and hungering for the husks they ate, beautiful and holy moments in his life. It is difficult for most people to grasp the idea. I dare say one has to go to prison to understand it. If so, it may be worth while going to prison.

 ~ Oscar Wilde  De Profundis

The wild animals honor me, 

 the jackals and the owls, 

because I provide water in the wilderness 

and streams in the wasteland, 

to give drink to my people, my chosen...

~  Isaiah 43

Christ's place indeed is with the poets.

~ Oscar Wilde  De Profundis

Wait

In the morning I lay my requests before you
    and wait expectantly...
~ Psalm 5 

Killer Queen

You said, ‘I am forever— the eternal queen!’ 

But you did not consider these things 

or reflect on what might happen.

~ Isaiah 47

Larf And Sing

She is clothed with strength and dignity; 

she can laugh at the days to come.

~  Proverbs 31

La Llorona

In her deep anguish 

Hannah prayed to the Lord,  

weeping bitterly.

~ 1 Samuel 1

World Weary

From my youth I have suffered 

and been close to death;

 I have borne your terrors

 and am in despair.

~  Psalm 88

Happy Together

Go, eat your food with gladness,
and drink your wine with a joyful heart,
for GOD has already approved what you do.
~ Ecclesiastes 9

The Very Thought Of You

My beloved is mine,

and I am his...

~  Song of Songs 2

In My Mind's Eye

Now my eyes will be open 

and my ears attentive 

to the prayers offered in this place.

~ 2 Chronicles 7

Mohammed's Radio

...though the betrothed woman screamed,

 there was no one to rescue her...

~  Deuteronomy 22

Open My Eyes

GOD knows that when you eat from it 

your eyes will be opened, 

and you will be like GOD, 

knowing good and evil...

~  Genesis 3

Before They Make Me Run

Look, here is a town near enough to run to, 

and it is small. 

Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? 

Then my life will be spared...

~  Genesis 19

Fashion

Now Israel loved Joseph 

more than any of his other sons, 

because he had been born to him 

in his old age; 

and he made an ornate robe for him.

~ Genesis 37

Brand New Bowie




released on his 66th birthday...

This Wheel's On Fire

Arebel's Diary

Adam and his wife 

were both naked, 

and they felt no shame.

~  Genesis 2

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