Best Poems Written by Christopher Courtney

After Watching the Passion of Joan of Arc (1929)

Though my knees be weak,
Though my heart be but an organ,
Though my bones be broken,
Though my flesh be burnt as
                                insignificant meat

I have fulfilled my destiny
Placed name upon eternity's bow
Held up the stars and universe
with my encumbered arches

See me to my requiem
See me to my soul
See that I may be made
of whisper and vapor

No more does this burden concern me

No more do these tears freeze against
my weary cheeks

Dutiful as always

Stumbling just as easily

Servant to Master
Buyer to Dealer
Patient to Healer
Exodus to Genesis

And O to my eyes
Beholden your Majesty
And my lips do not crack
And my fingers are useless
I need not walk, for you
are my wings

I am Wind                I am Cloud                   I am Sun

I am Stars                I am Earth                    I am Ocean

                                  I am Ether.

Copyright © Christopher Courtney | Year Posted 2006