Lent

Lent What does it mean? To take the desert stance Then walk this path Of greatest resistance To tangle your heart With the rocks and the snakes To lie your head down Where the deceiver wakes What is the point? Of self-denial To clear out the bitterness Of the dark tempter's vial To empty our hearts When life's hard enough And leave behind all of that Comfortable stuff Why would it reset? My fluttering heart If I take my self out Setting ego apart.. Perhaps it's a call To empty the space So the cluttering stuff Is put back in it's place If I speak to the emptiness And invite in the weakness Facing up to desires Crowding out Holy meekness So Lent is the time. A Divine invitation To reconnect wholly With High inspiration The physical joys And their transient pleasure Replaced, not in part But in full Holy measure This is heavenly mystery; A desire to bless In our weakest position Of the dry wilderness So, embrace the unfriendly Welcome the stranger Feed up the hungry As if gifts to the manger For all we can do When push comes to shove In the emptying out Is refilling with love. Jinjagoliath Ash Wednesday 16th February 2021