TENEBRAE FOR NICK

TENEBRAE FOR NICK


THE CANDLES OF HIS BEING
HAVE FLICKERED OUT
TILL ALL THAT REMAINED
WAS THE BRILLIANT LIGHT OF HIS SOUL
REDEEMED BY CHRIST

WE WOULD OFTEN JOKE HE AND I
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES
WE WERE SENT BACK TO CHANGE OUR ATTIRE
UNTIL OUR WIVES FELT
WE WERE SUITABLY DRESSED FOR CHURCH

YOU WIN NICK
YOUR ROBE
WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I OWN

SO I SHALL MOURN YOU BROTHER FRIEND
LAUGHING WITH TEARS
CRYING WITH JOY
KNOWING MY TEARS ARE SHARED
WITH HIM WHO CRIED
WHEN LAZARUS HAD DIED

FAREWELL MY BROTHER FRIEND
 YET HELLO
FOR YOU ARE MORE ALIVE TO ME NOW
THAN WHEN YOU LIVED

 I KNOW THE PEACE YOU HAVE
ONE DAY WE SHALL SHARE
TILL THEN MY BROTHER FRIEND
FAREWELL AND HELLO

Frank AVollmer