Because we all want to write more poems.
Hawk Church
In high winds, the hawks pray
Their wings outstretched to heaven
As they take momentary communion with nature
With eyes wide open
When the winds have died
The hawks stand watch
Set themselves on the ramparts
Watch and listen
They are still
and they know
- Neil McKay's Shared Poems
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Neil McKay
January 22, 2012
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OK, this came from an
OK, this came from an autocorrect typo I saw on facebook. My friend said something about the hawks perch and it got corrected to hawk church.
The second stanza came from my looking up "stand watch" in the bible. At first I thought I would play off Peter when Jesus said something like "couldn't you stand watch for even an hour?" but I found this better quote from the Old Testament:
"I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected."
Habakkuk 2:1 KJV
followed with the overused "be still and know that I am god" reference which I should probably edit out.
Gotta love the Logos Bible app for ipod.
Neil McKay
January 22, 2012
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Also I think the Pray/Prey
Also I think the Pray/Prey pun goes without saying. Nevertheless, I said it.