Kneeling
at the foot of the universe

I ask

from this body
in confusion

and pain (a condition

which You
may recall)

Clothed now in light
clothed in abyss, at the prow
of the desert
killed
Into everywhereness—

have mercy

Mercy on us all

COMMENTS

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3 responses to “Petition – Franz Wright”

1. Franz Wright says:

   11/26/2013 at 4:09 pm

   Appreciated
   FW

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2. Mary Sayler says:

   04/25/2014 at 3:04 pm

   Gorgeous! The sparsity of words, the clarity of vision, and laser insight speak to me and probably most readers who have the privilege of discovering this poem. Thank you.

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3. Pravina says:

   12/27/2023 at 4:29 pm

   28 Dec 2023
   I believe it’s a Godcident not coincident that this came into my email today – I’ve just returned from Mass and the first reading was: 1 John 1:5-2:2 and the connection to this lovely poem inspired by Psalm 51 is confirmed by the scripture I’ve just heard! Amen, hallelujah! ✝️🙏💟
   1 John 1:5-2:2: “Beloved: This is the message we have heard from Jesus Christ and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.“

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