There were a few lines from John's Gospel two Sundays ago that stuck out. When I heard them, my mind leapt back to junior year of high school, creative writing class. We were told to choose a poem no shorter than six lines, memorize it, and recite it to the teacher a week later. Quite frankly, I can't remember the poem I chose, but I do remember a particular poem to be popular among the class: i carry your heart with me by e.e. cummings. Getting back to the gospel, Jn 14:17, 20 "because he remains with you and will be within you,"..."I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you." Hearing those words, I thought of these words:
"i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a man has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)"
What a great sense of security, safety, and warmth in the Lord! I think e.e. cummings had it right-God carries us in His heart always.
happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteso was cummings writing this of God's love? this is funny because today I am starting the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan which is about the vastness and uniqueness of God's love.
i don't usually like poems, but this is BEAUTIFUL.
i can't say that cumming's was talking of God's love, but his poem could certainly be interpreted that way (which is, obviously, what i did here). thank you for having an open mind about this poem!
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