LAST LAMENT (DO NOT MOURN)

 

Do not grieve

Or mourn my passing

Banish your sadness

Remember me and smile

Do not think of me as gone

Or out of reach

For I will be with you always

Though I cast no shadow

And you will hear no footfall

I will be there nonetheless

 

In springtime

When wildflowers

Dance in the meadow

I will be there,

In summer I’ll be

The August breeze

That stirs a field of ripened corn,

In autumn

I will swirl the leaves

Of the seasons golden carpet

And when the winter sun shines

I will sparkle

And glint on the snow

 

So do not grieve

Or mourn my passing

Banish your sadness

Remember me and smile

For I will be there,

In the dawn,

Rising with the sun,

And you will see me again

When the sun sets

At the days end,

Because I am in your hearts

Always

 

 

 

Written for the funeral of my father-in-law

Gordon Aplin

23rd February 1937 – 15th June 2019

THE LORD IS SHEPHERD OF HIS FLOCK

 The Lord is Shepherd of his flock

As well as being a fisher of men

And he does his Fathers bidding

On the fields and copse and fen

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND. FRIDAY 15TH MARCH 2019

 

No matter the race, creed or colour

Of those peacefully assembled there

There can be few acts of greater evil

Than the massacre of people at prayer

HEAR THE HEAVENLY ANGEL SING,

Hear the heavenly angel sing,

Perched with the host on high

Effortlessly poised in spiritual grace

Serenity upon its celestial-face

As they glorious sing their joy

A resonating sound, true and pure 

EASTER SUNDAY

 

Easter Sunday

Is the most important date

In the Christian calendar

And Celebrates

The Resurrection

Of Jesus Christ

And beginning

The Great Fifty Days

Of Eastertide

CRUCIFIX

 

You were the love

Of the world

And we nailed you to a cross

We tried to kill love

With nail in hand

And spear in flesh

But we failed

You pleaded for us

Apologised for us

Then you died for us

You’re the love

Of the world

HOLY SATURDAY

 

Holy Saturday

Is not a Mass

But a time of

Prayer and fasting

And meditating on Christ’s

Passion and Death

His Descent into Hell

And his Resurrection