Cantos on the Death of Stars - Karekin M Yarian, BSG
From a serial poem based on the Liturgical year and events from the Gospels...
I. On memories and expectations
Whispering moments
Passing, dancing;
Unseen,
Unfelt,
Unheard,
Piercing through the skin
Neither here nor there
Yet splendid,
Like sunlight
On the surface
Of a (too still) pond.
Forbidden, the stillness.
Our apathetic souls un-quickened
By the time, but only
By the pace, do not quiet
For redemption,
Do not hear
The children's voices
Terrorized,
(Martyred by
Futures yet unpainted,
Progress yet unquestioned,)
Whispering,
Passing,
Dancing,
Rippling yet unnoticed
Like moonlight on the surface
Of a too still
pond.
Am I there reflected?
And where are you
My Savior,
Between
here and there,
Beyond memories
and moonbeams,
Between silence and
The word unspoken?
Where are you...
Whispering, Passing, Dancing
Across piercing moments...
Whose mighty voice was
Once heard above the crowd;
Painting a love as strong and fragile
As butterfly wings
And still
As silent?
Redeeming
The moment with forgiveness
As strong as stones
Skipping across the surface
Of a too still pond?
We await your coming in glory.
We await the death of stillness
On the surface,
AND
Long for quiet in the depths
Between the silence
and the word unspoken.
We await your coming.
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