Annunciation

What is this strange eruption,

this in-breaking of light,

this strange luminescence

that sparks a secret word,

that brings the presence

whose name I dare not speak?

A sudden rush of meaning,

dazzling, hopeful, dreadful,

impossible. How can this be?

Silly question, to ask the One

Who makes stars from nothing.

Or so the herald seems to say.

Yet gentle are the words.

Loving the Soul that speaks.

The Kingdom comes apace.

I am the servant of the Lord.

Under Christ’s Mercy,

Brent

Featured image is The Annunciation, by Henry Ossawa Tanner