A white stone

After Revelation 2:12-17 

To the one who conquers,

to the one who prevails, 

I will give a white stone,

a smooth white stone,

one bearing a new name,

the stone of admittance,

the stone of acquittal, 

bearing a new name for

the one who receives it, 

a name known only 

to the one who receives

the stone. It is the stone

of new identity, a washed

and cleaned identity,

admittance to membership

in heaven.

 

Photograph by Dynamic Wang via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Friday Readings

 

Absalom, Absalom – poem by Brian Yapko at Society of Classical Poets.

 

“A Quintina of Crosses,” poem by Chad Walsh – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

 

Martha and Mary – poem by Tania Runyan at Poet Jesus.

 

“Lord, in the Morning,” hymn by Isaac Watts – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

A Sonnet on the Transfiguration – Malcolm Guite.

 

Means With No Ends – Seth Lewis.

 

The Picture on the Nightstand – Kara Dedert at Think Twice.