Prayerfully Poetic

A Collection of Prayerful Poems by Tim McGee

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  • a quiet resurrection

    Maybe this is what Christ meant Not the triumphof armies or thunderbut this a bogstill remembering winterits dark waters loosenedonly nowfrom death’s hard seal And therewithout witnesswithout announcementone flower rises So smallthe world could miss it entirely Yet beauty does not define itselfin size It simply blooms And somehowthe fragile thingfills the whole lensuntil marsh… Read more

  • When Truth Stands Still

    I shaped Your name to fit my comforttrimming the edges of eternityso it might sit quietly in my reason But Truth does not shrinkIt burns with a light too purefor human hands to hold I called my confusion humilitymy compromise lovemy silence peace Yet Your holiness speaksin a voice that cannot be muteda flame that… Read more

  • No debate

    All are bornwith the same breath of God,the same imprint beneath the skin No color, class, or tongueadds weight to a soulno difference subtracts worth To wound another for what they areis to deny the Creatorwhose image they carry Equality is not an idea to debateit is a trutha command to obey -based on CCC1935 Read more

  • Do Not Build a Lifestyle

    The world tells meto build a life. Stack comfort upon comfort.Plan the years.Arrange the dayslike furniture in a well-lit room. A lifestyle. But dust decorates every shelfeventually. What good is a houseif the soul inside itremains unfinished? Lord Jesus, do not let me spend my breathconstructing habits of comfortwhile eternity waits at the door. Let… Read more

  • Agape

    A lovewhich leans not toward what is pleasing,nor the warmth that comes and goes,but something much deeper. This love descendslike quiet rain on stone,or a drenching rain on a dry field. A self-giving lovewhich does not askif the ground deserves it. It simply falls. It bends toward the broken,lingers with the unwanted,waits beside the wandering.… Read more

  • Divine Mercy Sunday

    Risen Lord,Your wounds remain openfor our sakein Your mercy. From Your pierced sideflows a riverno sin can exhaust,no sorrow outrun. Today the Church kneelsnot in judgmentbut in the endless patienceof Your Most Sacred heart. I come poor in holiness,late in repentance,slow to love. Still You sayCome. And in that single wordthe tomb is opened againand… Read more

  • We are Sent

    Peace be with you. Behold the peace that stands upright in the room and speaks first. Behold the peace that bears scarsbut does not apologize for them,peace that has walked through locked doorsand still smells faintly of the grave emptied behind it. You say it to usnot as a wishbut as a command. Peace be… Read more

  • After Three Days

    Let us turn backnot as the certainbut as the woundedfinding our way by ache We were torn with the veiland the tearing taught us our namesWe were struckand learned the language of need After the long second nightwhen hope learns how to kneellife stirs beneath the sealed stone of habitand waits for morning On the… Read more

  • My God, My God

    Why have You forsaken me, Lord, why so far from meWhy have You forsaken me, Lord, why so far from meI cry till my throat is empty, still no answer comes to me How long, LordHow long Still I’m holding onStill I’m holding on They cast their lots for my clothes, they play their gameThey… Read more

  • I will leave it all

    I want to leave it allthe careful keeping,the small cache of certaintythe names I give to fearso I can pretend it belongs to me I want to leave it allto love Not the soft word I usewhen I mean comfortbut the love that madethe first bird lift its chest into airwithout asking permission That isto… Read more