Poetry list
unction
more than we can ever mean
a touch of oil
and a torrent of
transforming love
one life all lives
are changed by a
promise and the
presence that lives
outside our powers
and deep within
them setting apart
and simultaneously
fusing mortality
with the eternal a
meaning and purpose
are bestowed in
simplicity and
ambiguity the choice
becomes mine and
yours to accept
the gift and live
the mercy of
forgiveness and the
life inherent and
destined in and
beyond flesh a king a
priest a prophet is
seen but resides
most really within
our souls our common
life our God the olive
pressed and running
over bedews our
form to call us
home and to
adventure in the
only purpose that
lasts
Written on the Eve of the Coronation 2023
© Neil Thompson 2023