MILK AND HONEY

                  MILK AND HONEY

Of all the hours of my day
the one I'm most aware is Yours
is noon time hour

I head out knowing
body's sustenance is part of what I'll meet
But more importantly
    I seek Your Thoughts to lead my thoughts and feet
    to someone, something or somewhere
    You'd have me be

And never, never
have You turned me back unfed
without the startling certainty
of revelation's flowing, fertile ground

The forms of these epiphanies
are often not the same
but do my vigilance require
if I'm to follow You and make them mine

          I thank You for the many times
          when from such crushing sorrow
          I never thought could rise
          but in Your faithful mercy
          once more, again - again, once more
          I've found
          that to Your loving purpose
          my feet and life are bound

                                                              Marta Esperanza Edgcombe
                                                              February 21, 1999