Thursday, June 26, 2008

Thomas




MY HEART SAYS
I WOULD HAVE LIKED
TO HAVE BEEN
LIKE MARY MAGDALENE
WHO LOVED JESUS WITHOUT QUESTION

WHO RAN FROM THE TOMB
WITH SUCH EXCITEMENT
THE APOSTLES THOUGHT HER HYSTERICAL

I WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO HAVE BEEN
LIKE MARY

BUT MY ENGINEERS HEAD
SAYS I WOULD HAVE BEEN
LIKE THOMAS

MY HEAD SAYS
IT MUST BE PROVEN IN THE LAB
IN THE WIND TUNNEL
BY TEST FLYING THE AIRPLANE

IT IS THE WAY OF MEN TO MEASURE

THE BOOKKEEPER ADDS HIS NUMBERS
THE SHOPPER FIGURES COST

THE STOREKEEPER ADDS PROFIT
THE LAWYER ASSESSES LOSS

THE MOTHER COUNTS THE MEALS
THE TRAVELER WONDERS HOW FAR

WE MEASURE THINGS AS MEN

EVEN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POEMS
IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SPEAKS OF LOVE THIS WAY



HOW DO I LOVE THEE?
LET ME COUNT THE WAYS

I LOVE THEE TO THE DEPTH
AND BREADTH
AND HEIGHT
MY SOUL CAN REACH
WHEN FEELING OUT OF SIGHT
FOR THE ENDS OF BEING
AND IDEAL GRACE

MEN MEASURE
PERHAPS
IT'S BECAUSE
BY SIN
DEATH
CAME INTO THE WORLD
AND THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE
ARE LIMITED

SO WE MEASURE
EVERYTHING
AGAINST THE FINAL
NIGHTFALL

I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THOMAS

AND JESUS SAYS
THAT'S ALL RIGHT
I LIKE YOU
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

I WOULD HAVE YOU BETTER
BUT I LOVE YOU
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE


I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THOMAS







I WOULD HAVE LIKED
TO HAVE BEEN
LIKE MARY MAGDALENE
WHO LOVED JESUS PASSIONATELY
WITHOUT QUESTIONS

BUT LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS TO HER
IN HIS HASTE TO BE WITH US
HE SAYS TO HER
DO NOT CLING TO ME
BUT GO TELL MY DISCIPLES
I AM COMING"

HE WAS EAGER
TO BE WITH THE ONES
WHO NEEDED HIS LOVE
THE EMPTY
BROKEN
HURTING PEOPLE

MARY KNEW SHE WAS LOVED
THE OTHERS STILL WERE IN DARKNESS
HE HAD TO BE WITH THEM

WITH PETER WHO BETRAYED HIM
WITH THOMAS WHO DOUBTED HIM
WITH ALL THOSE WHO HAD RUN AWAY

GOD ALWAYS SEEMS TO PICK
BROKEN PEOPLE FOR HIS WORK

HE PICKED MOSES WHO STUTTERED
DAVID AN ADULTERER AND MURDERER
JACOB WHO STOLE AND CHEATED
NOAH WHO DRANK AND GOT DRUNK

GOD'S ALMOST PEOPLE

HE SAYS
WITH YOU I WANT TO BE
MY ALMOST PEOPLE




WHY GOD
WOULD YOU WANT TO BE WITH US

WE ARE BETRAYERS
DOUBTERS
IMPERFECT
ALMOST PEOPLE
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE WITH US

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU HE SAYS

IN THE LANGUAGE OF CHILDREN WE SAY
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE US GOD
SHOW US HOW MUCH YOU LOVE US

IN THE LANGUAGE OF CHILDREN
HE REPLIES
THIS MUCH (EXTEND ARMS)


FRANK A VOLLMER

1 comment:

CHARLAX said...

this
LIKE MARY MAGDALENE
WHO LOVED JESUS WITHOUT QUESTION
is fascination
fastening
fasternation
fasinnnating
facinating????????
http://www.wav-sounds.com/answering_machine/startrek.wav