They
were right there with me
in
this outdoor space made holy
friendly
faces, spirits, familiar
rising
up to greet me, in their home;
I
could feel them with me
making
me sure I belonged here
in
this moment, welcomed by
someone
who knows this land
this
space long before me.
Walking
right beside me
a
welcome as I entered in
as
I entered with them
showing
me my seat
on
the rough-hewn pews;
They
offered me a bulletin
the
saints resting here
feeling
them with me here
those
who have yet to stay
in
heaven above.
They
were walking beside me
as
a friend with me
offering
me a place, a seat,
as
if at a wedding;
Sitting
behind the groom
in
the bride’s church;
There
was something special
about
my time, in the stillness,
in
this hallowed space.
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edited January 16, 2016
Entering with Them – v9
(editing version 8)
edited January 15, 2016
Entering with Them – v8
(merging edits to original, version 7, version 6, version 5,
version 4, version 3, and version 2)
edited December 4, 2015
Entering with Them – v7
(Editing original)
edited August 19, 2015
Entering with Them – v6
(editing version 2)
edited May 9, 2015
Entering with Them – v5
(editing original again)
Edited October 8, 2014
-
Entering with Them – v4
-
The Elders Gathered – v3
-
Feeling the peace of that moment – v3
-
Entering with Them – v3
-
Stillness in the Chapel – v3
-
A Kiss of Their Presence – v2
-
A Sense of a Presence – v2
-
A Heavy Presence – v2
-
The Weight of Their Presence – v2
edited
May 27, 2015
behind
their eyes – v2
new
October 8, 2014
behind
their eyes
edited
June 11, 2015
The
Rough Hewn Cross – v6
(editing
version 5)
Edited
October 13, 2013
“The
Rough Hewn Cross – v5”
(editing version 4)
Edited September 2, 2013
“Standing in Their Presence – v3”
(editing original)
Edited
July 16, 2013
-
“The
Rough Hewn Cross – v4”
(editing original again)
-
“The
Rough Hewn Cross – v3”
(editing version 2)
Edited November 29, 2012
-
“The Rough Hewn Cross – v2”
-
“The Elders Gathered –
v2”
-
“Standing in Their
Presence – v2”
-
“Feeling the Peace of
that Moment – v2”
-
“Entering with Them – v2”
-
“Stillness in the Chapel
– v2”
&
New poems November 29, 2012
-
“A Heavy Presence”
-
“A Kiss of Their
Presence”
-
“The Weight of Their Presence”
-
“A Sense of Presence”
about certain places seeming to have
an aura of a physical manifestation
of the spirit world
&
earlier
poems, June 9, 2010:
-
Feeling
the peace of that moment
-
The
Rough Hewn Cross
-
Standing
in Their Presence
-
The
Elders Gathered
-
Entering
with Them
-
Stillness
in the Chapel
about
time in the outdoor chapel
at
First Congregational Church of Pembroke
301
Pembroke Street
Pembroke,
NH
June
7, 2010, about 7:45pm
&
Edited
November 28, 2012
“Smell
of Snow – v2”
Friday,
December 03, 2004 8:27
“Smell
of Snow”
and
other poems
Edited
September 20, 2012
“Snow
in the Air – v2”
December
30, 2006 12:08
“Snow
in the Air”
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