Waiting

After Acts 1

The creation waits, standing

on tiptoe, for the sons to be

revealed, to be

redeemed, first the sons

then the creation to be

redeemed from the then

to the will be

to the crown,

waiting

sometimes it is not go ye

sometimes it is stay ye

and wait

wait for the words spoken

by tongues of fire

wait, and you will know

why you wait;

it is not what you expect.

Admonished by men in white

they turn from the cloud,

from the hill, returning

to the town,

to the room, to wait

for what is not known,

for what is hoped.

Photograph: scene from the interior of the sculpture “Threshold” at Laity Lodge, Leakey, Texas.