Monday, October 29, 2012

SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS


SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS



ENGRAVED ON A TOMB
IN AN OLD ROMAN GRAVEYARD
ARE THE LETTERS
S T T L
SIMILAR TO THE LETTERS
 R I P
WE FIND IN OUR CHURCHYARDS

IT STANDS FOR
SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS
MAY THE EARTH LIE GENTLY ON YOU

MUCH OF OUR FUNERAL WORDS
ARE DEDICATED TO
PEACE
REST
SLEEP

AS A CHRISTIAN
WHEN WE VISIT THE GRAVE SITE
OF A LOVED ONE

WE ARE VISITING THE BODY AND MEMORY
OF THE DECEASED
THE IMPORTANT PART OF HIM
HAS GONE TO THE PLACE GOD HAS FOR HIM

WE MIGHT IMAGINE IN A FANCIFUL MOOD
 TO SEE AN ANGEL SITTING ON A GRAVESTONE
SAYING

WHY
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HIM AMONG THE DEAD
HE LIVES

HEART AND HE
AWAIT YOU IN GALILEE



THE BODY
WHICH MOST OF US
ENCLOSE GENTLY IN THE EARTH
IS NOT THE BODY OF THEIR VIGOR

BUT A BODY SCARRED
BY
AGE
DISEASE
CALAMITY

THE MULE HAS CARRIED US
TO THE JOURNEY’S END
AND RESTS

OUR BEING SINGS
HOLY
HOLY
HOLY

IT TELLS OUR LOVED ONES
I AM AT PEACE


FRANK A VOLLMER



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