Saturday 22 June 2013

CHAPEL BELLS:



The wailing of Holy Imams, from minarets of old half moon,
Calling all men to prayer, from rose dawn to well past noon,
Of Pagodas, Mosques & Temples, the wailing of God´s words,
Drifting up to Heaven, upon the precious wings of Holy birds.

From grey-daubed Churches, peaked spires & old campaniles,
Beckoning worshiping flocks to come, bend, pray & softly kneel,
 Holy places, where sermons are read & sins are sorely confessed,
Where new babes are named & all are forgiven & divinely blessed.

From the gargoyle-eyed, ivy-clad & dew-kissed Cathedral steeples,
Their clanging heard far & wide, reaching out to all God´s peoples,
Through the grand arched doors, marching all of Sunday´s troupe,
Asking hopefully, “Is this the right road to Heaven´s Holy route?”

But the quiet voice to which I heed & which touches soul & heart,
Across soft gold valleys of daffodils, alone, solitary & quite apart,
Calling good folk from far afield, to sing away all their earthly hells,
I hear the beckoning of their soft calling, of my little Chapel´s bells.

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