They wanted swine

They wanted swine

And Christ went sadly. He had wrought for them a sign Of Love, and Hope, and Tenderness divine; They wanted – swine. Christ stands without your door and gently knocks; But if your gold, or swine, the entrance blocks, He forces no man’s hold – he will...
I am

I am

Here in this transport I, Eve, With my son, Abel. If you see my elder son, Cain, Son of Adam; Tell him that I am.   (Scribbled in pencil in a sealed wagon used for transporting Jews).
I must atone

I must atone

It is not the feeling of anything I’ve ever done Which I might get away from, or of anything in me I could get rid of – but of emptiness, or failure Towards someone, or something, outside of myself: And I feel I must – atone – is that the word?   T.S. Eliot...
Wise men

Wise men

We returned to our places, these kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.   T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), The Three Kings....
I am weary

I am weary

I am not God’s little lamb, I am God’s sick tiger. and I prowl about at night, and what I love I bite, and upon the jungle grass I slink, snuff the aroma of my mental stink, taste the salt tang of tears upon the brink of my uncomfortable muzzle. My tail, my beautiful,...