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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-06-24 11:40 AM

If I Would be a Mountain

If I would be a mountain
     majestic and prized
Would I be more glorious
    than that hill of sacrifice?

In shame yet in duty
     to support the Son of God
As up my slopes, scourged and bloody,
     He bore the weight of the cross.

I was ugly and dry, laden with rocks
     barren of  fruit had been my grievous lot
Relinquishing His Spirit, He gave up the ghost
     and now fruit runs rampant on each and ev’ry slope.

I needn’t be a mountain
     with purple grandeur as kingly robes
yes, only a hillside
      above the olive groves.

Where birds sing and dogwood cling
     to grip the earth for growth
In memory of His resurrection
     when I bore death and life of the Rose.

©June 23, 2002

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

1 posted 2002-06-24 12:43 PM

A beautiful piece, Virginia.
I loved it

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2002-06-24 01:10 PM

Very very nicely done Virginia.
Enjoyed so much this afternoon.
~hugs~

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-06-24 06:18 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Virginia, this is so very emotionally touching, sweet friend, God Bless You, sweet friend, I suppose none of us can ever really compare to the mountains but is the fertile ground that matters most where all the fruits of life grow! (sigh) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2002-06-25 11:16 AM

Well saidVAS. We can't all be mountains but God has a need for hills. Joyce

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

5 posted 2002-06-25 03:00 PM

VAS,

Though by no means are you a beautiful purple mountain, you are a very admonished hillside named Calvary that is marked through all time and with all generations past, present, and future as being the place of our Lord's crucifixion... Beautiful? Not at all, but full of purpose. A very good personification of the hillside of Calvary and a wonderful inspiration for a poem. GOD bless you and thank you for sharing the hillside's perspective. -Bob

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2002-06-26 12:49 PM

VAS: Enjoyed your poem and the message it contains. Very well done!

Betty Lou Hebert

2dalimit
Member Elite

since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

7 posted 2002-06-28 08:59 AM

Good points. We all have our task- great or small.

Thanks,
Melton

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