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Take Your Place


In response to Rublev's Trinity Icon...

The hunger that draws me close to You.
This thirst that brings me back to Truth.
Where else can these needs be met?
Sift through the shallow,
Push past the rest.

The Bread, the Wine -
Made real in Your time.
The Body, the Blood -
Fills my need in love.

Cups to fill,
Bread to break -
Each day holds a Eucharist...
Take your place.

Brought together in one place,
We are drawn by Your love and grace.
All as one and each one seen -
How does this table draw us?
Unpredictable and unclean.

The Bread, the Wine -
Made real in Your time.
The Body, the Blood -
Fills my need in love.

Cups to fill,
Bread to break -
Each day holds a Eucharist...
Take your place.

Carry this meal to the heart of the world.
Carry the message of hope restored.
Sit and share this meal and rest -
Forgiveness offered, conversation blessed.


The Bread, the Wine -
Made real in Your time.
The Body, the Blood -
Fills my need in love.

Cups to fill,
Bread to break -
Each day holds a Eucharist...
Take your place.


Cups to fill,
Bread to break -
Each day holds a Eucharist...
Take your place.

Copyright T.L. Eastman 2007

Comments

Ian said…
That's a great post & poem... I am going to write a new book on the trinity - can I still your poem in it acknowledged to you?

Cheers
Ian Mobsby
4:29 PM EST
Tara Lamont said…
Ian,
That would be a wonderful honor to have my poem placed in your next project!
I hope it helps express the trinity in a understandable and welcoming way.
Peace and Joy,
Tara
5:32 PM EST
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