Poems for All Saints' Day
A Haiku About Saints, Revelation 21:1-6a, and Luke 6:20-31
Sunday Poems is a weekly publication that reflects on some of the coming Sunday’s lectionary scriptures through original poetry. Revelation 21:1-6a is technically not a reading for the coming week, but it is one that many use on All Saints’ Day regardless.
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All Saints' Day Haiku A saint is one who loves the world madly, again listens to the Voice. --- Becoming New Creation After Revelation 21:1-6a Nearing the end of a story a new one unfolds— one of light and new beginnings, where each droplet streams into the ocean, and all we know becomes new creation. I long to live in a world where dichotomies crumble, and tears are only known when you laugh so hard you feel ugly, but gladly okay. Jesus is slowly breaking down our walls of separation. God for the people— and the people for God. Heaven must come down. --- Fools and Saints After Luke 6:20-31 It's okay to experience hope and hardship all at once. To feel happy and frustrated — because everything seems lost, nothing feels balanced, and yet, somehow, it’s still strangely beautiful. Be in love with the world. Be happy in it. Not because it is easy or smooth, but because there’s space for you in an unfurling story. We are fools. We are saints. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.