tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020940928322038817.post7131127695302775429..comments2024-03-05T12:07:54.014-06:00Comments on The Butter Rum Cartoon: HENRYButter Rum Cartoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05055923045493513194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020940928322038817.post-59372902515268356422013-01-28T21:54:30.507-06:002013-01-28T21:54:30.507-06:00Desert nights, I remember
clouds shredded to wisps...Desert nights, I remember<br />clouds shredded to wisps,<br />wisps slowly wafting, <br />curling cross nails of starlight,<br />cold diamonds studding the lapis firmament.<br /><br />I knew the reason why Jesus withdrew<br />from curious questions to silence,<br />to the desert to listen to His Heart,<br />beating in waves outward, inward,<br />spreading out like a carpet over sand and thorns,<br />cold boulders sheltering sleeping serpents, <br />gathering in like a mother hugging lost children fiercely.<br /><br />Desert nights, I listened for daybreak,<br />cold creatures scuttling over cold stones,<br />grit of glass, shards of ancient eruptions, <br />scattering scintillæ, saluting dawn’s rosy fingers,<br />the sun mounting, exhaling welcome from a purple ridge,<br />now red-rimmed, gold-streaming, screaming,<br />“Come to life! O sleepers, awake!”<br /><br />Michael Lake<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020940928322038817.post-55054051124349491342013-01-24T23:08:47.341-06:002013-01-24T23:08:47.341-06:00A beautiful story. Glad that your father didn'...A beautiful story. Glad that your father didn't die when he was a child, because I would have never met you many years after. God bless you Dale!<br /> WilfredoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com