HE CAME AS A MAN

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CHRISTMAS

HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

I MEAN

HIS MOTHER WASN'T THE KIND TO SEND HIM OUT

ON A RAINY NIGHT

FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE WAITED TILL MORNING

BUT SHE'D INSISTED AND HE'D GONE

CLEAR ACROSS THE TOWN

AND FOUND THE PEOPLE THAT HE SOUGHT NOT HOME

THEN STARTED HOME

WET AND A LITTLE SAD

SHE'LL BE DISAPPOINTED

SHE WAS COUNTING ON HAVING IT TONIGHT

WHEN HE'D GOT HOME THE HOUSE WAS UNNATURALLY STILL

TILL HE SHOOK OFF THE RAIN AND STOOD IN THE HALL

CALLING 'MOM ARE YOU HOME'

THEN CAME THE AVALANCHE

A BURSTING OF WORDS OF PEOPLE AND EMOTION

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON

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SEASCAPE

HE WAS SITTING BY THE SEA

OBLIVIOUS TO THE WIND AND STEADY RAIN

WATCHING THE SEA

WATCHING IT DRAW BACK

GATHERING PEBBLES

DRAW BACK AND FLING

DRAW BACK AND FLING

DRAW BACK AND FLING THEM ON THE SHORE

WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND

WHY DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND

I FED THEM ON LOAVES AND FISHES

AND THEY WOULD MAKE ME A KING

I HEAL

AND THEY COMPLAIN IT'S THE SABBATH

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG

JUST THEN A PART OF THE BANK

ON WHICH HE WAS SITTING

GAVE WAY

AND HE HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY

TO ESCAPE BEING THROWN IN THE SEA

SAFE

HE TURNED TO WATCH THE SEA

RENEW ITS ATTACK ON THE SHORE

IT WON'T FALL THE FIRST TIME

OR IN A THOUSAND TIMES

BUT IT WILL FALL

IT WILL FALL

HE WAS SMILING NOW AS HE WATCHED THE SEA

COME ROARING IN

FULL TILT NOT COUNTING THE EFFORT

IT'S A BAD DAY FOR FISHERMEN SAID PETER

YES BUT NOT FOR A FISHER OF MEN

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THE PHYSICIAN

GIVE HER SOMETHING TO EAT HE TOLD THEM

GIVE HER SOMETHING TO EAT

I WONDER IF HE CHUCKLED WHEN HE SAID IT

I WONDER IF HE DID NOT REMEMBER MARY TELLING JOSEPH

HE'LL EAT US OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME THAT ONE

REFERRING TO HIM

TALL AND PIMPLY

WITH PEACH FUZZ ON HIS CHIN STARTING TO DARKEN

AND A VOICE THAT COULD NOT FIND ITS RANGE

I WONDER IF HE CHUCKLED REMEMBERING JOSEPH'S LAMENT

BUT WE JUST BOUGHT HIM THOSE CLOTHES

AND HE'S OUTGROWN THEM ALREADY

I WONDER IF HE SMILED REMEMBERING MARY'S PRIDE

HE EATS THAT ONE

HE'S A GOOD BOY

HE EATS

RISE UP LITTLE GIRL

AND BE ONCE MORE A CHILD

BE GIDDY WHEN YOU WANT TO

OR OLDER THAN ALL TIME

BE SMARTER THAN A WISEMAN

WITH A LOLLIPOP IN HAND

OR GIGGLE IN A CHURCH PEW

FOR HE WHO KNEW THE JOYS OF YOUTH

HAS GIVEN THEM BACK TO YOU

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THE KISS

I THINK IT WAS THE KISS THAT BROKE HIS HEART

NO MATTER WHAT ELSE WAS DONE TO HIM

THAT NIGHT AND NEXT DAY

NOTHING COULD MATCH THE FRIENDSHIP SIGN

AND GREETING

HAIL RABBI

PERHAPS THAT'S WHY HE STOOD SO SILENT

IN FRONT OF PILATE

EMPTY

TOO HURT FOR WORDS

OR TO EVEN CARE

THREE YEARS HE'D KNOWN THE MAN

HAD ATE WITH HIM LAUGHED WITH HIM

SHARED CONFIDENCES AND MEMORIES

HAD THOUGHT HE HAD A FRIEND

PETER JAMES JOHN THE REST WOULD RUN AWAY

THEY WERE AFRAID

HE COULD UNDERSTAND FEAR

HE WAS AFRAID HIMSELF NOW

HIS BODY WAS WET WITH NERVOUS SWEAT

HID MIND STILL ECHOED HIS WORDS

OH GOD LET IT PASS LET IT PASS

IF JUDAS HADN'T KISSED HIM FOR A PRICE

HE MIGHT HAVE DONE IT BETTER

BUT THE KISS TOOK THE HEART FROM HIM

SO THAT HE STOOD EMPTY SILENT HEART GONE OUT

LIKE A LAMB BEING LED TO SLAUGHTER

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DEATH

COME SOFTLY TO MY BOSOM NOW

YOUR JOURNEY DONE

YOUR KINGDOM COME

COME SOFTLY TO MY BOSOM NOW

COME REST YOUR HEAD WHERE ONCE YOU LAID IT

FRIGHTENED BY A MIDNIGHT DREAM

COME REST YOUR HEAD AGAIN MY SON

OH LET US BE LET US BE

ALONE IN EACH OTHERS COMPANY

THAT I MIGHT IN PLACE OF BLOODY FACE

REMEMBER MY CHILD OF GRACE

IN PLACE OF PIERCED HANDS LET ME SEE

THOSE THAT FLOWERS PICKED FOR ME

AND FEET THAT A THOUSAND ERRANDS RAN

OH LET US BE

COME SOFTLY TO MY BOSOM SON

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EASTER

SHYLY

LIKE A BASHFUL LOVER HE ROSE

NO TRUMPET BLAST OR EARTHQUAKE SHOCK

QUIET

A WISP OF A MORNING BREEZE

A SCENT OF FLOWERS

MORNING DEW AND BIRDCALLS

A SUDDEN SENSE OF WARMTH

A QUIET COMING

ONE THAT DOES NOT SAY YOU WILL

BUT WILL YOU

HOW GODLIKE IN AN UNGODLIKE WAY

FOR HIM TO TAKE THE MORNING AIR

GOING TO MEET HIS MOTHER

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FAREWELL

HE ENJOYED WATCHING THEM WORK

GATHERING THEIR NETS

OR DRYING THEM

SORTING THE FISH

NO WASTED MOTION

WORKMEN DOING THEIR WORK

WELL

TEAM WORK

IT REMINDED HIM OF JOSEPH

HOW THEY COULD WORK IN THE SHOP

LAUGHING OR QUIET

AS THE MOOD CAME ON

WORKMEN DOING THEIR JOB

PROUD AND WELL

I GIVE YOU THE KEYS

TO WORK WORN HANDS

I GIVE THE KEYS

I SHALL MISS YOU ALL

THEN HE WAS GONE

AND THEY STOOD THERE

SEARCHING THE SKY

AS FISHERMEN WILL

CHECKING THE WEATHER

MEN OF GALILEE

THE ANGEL SAID

WHY SEARCH YOU THE HEAVENS

YOUR WORK IS HERE

BUT WE ARE AFRAID

SAID THE FISHERMEN

AS WELL YOU MIGHT BE

SAID THE ANGEL

IF YOU WERE LEFT ALONE

BUT YOU ARE NOT ALONE

NOT ALONE

FOR AS SURE

AS THE RUNNING OF THE SEA

OR EBBING TIDE

IS HIS FAITHFULNESS AND LOVE

AND HE HAS NOT LEFT YOU LONELY

HE HAS NOT LEFT YOU LONELY

HE HAS NOT LEFT YOU LONELY

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