Come Holy Goose (Acts 2)

IT DIDN'T START OUT TO BE A NOISY DAY

IN FACT THEY WERE TRYING TO BE INVISIBLE

HIDDEN BEHIND LOCKED DOORS

HE’D GONE AWAY

AND THE WAY A CHILD IS CONSOLED

BY THE SOUND OF ITS PARENT VOICE

WAS DENIED THEM

WHEN SUDDENLY THE SHUTTERS BLEW OPEN

AND KEPT BANGING BACK AND FORTH

THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH A RUSHING WIND

THAT BLEW EVERYTHING LOOSE

AROUND THE ROOM

THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH WIND

THEY WERE FISHERMEN

WHAT THEY WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH

WERE TONGUES OF FIRE

THAT SETTLES ON THEIR HEADS

BUT DID NOT BURN

DID NOT BURN

BUT INFLAMED THEM

SO THAT THE ROOM WAS TOO SMALL

THEY RUSHED OUT TO MEET A CROWD

GATHERED BY THE SOUND OF THE WIND

AND NO MATTER

WHAT LANGUAGE

THE QUESTION

WHAT HAPPENED

WAS ASKED

THE ANSWER THEY HEARD WAS THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

AMONG THE CROWD WAS HEARD

WERE NOT THESE

THE COWARDS

THAT RAN AWAY

BUT NOW THEY SPEAK WITH ENTHUSIASM

LIKE MEN

DRUNK BEFORE THE NOON DAY HOUR

PROCLAIMING THE MERCY OF GOD

IN CELTIC TIMES

THE HOLY SPIRIT

WAS OFTEN PORTRAYED

AS A WILD GOOSE

A FITTING SYMBOL

FOR A RAUCOUS BIRTHDAY

NOT THE DOVE

COOING PEACEFULLY ON THE NEST

CONTENT

BUT A BOLD BRASH IMAGE

AN IN YOUR FACE BIRD

NO ONE HARMS WHAT IS MINE BIRD

A GET OUT OF THE PEWS AND DANCE BIRD

A MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD BIRD

LET THE WORLD KNOW YOU'RE HERE BIRD

WE NEED THE DOVE

TO REMIND US THAT GOD IS GENTLE

WE NEED THE GOOSE

TO REMIND US

THAT GOD WILL BE HEARD

WE NEED THE GOOSE TO REMIND US

THAT THERE IS NEVER A POLITE TIME TO BE HEARD

IF YOUR BROTHER CRIES

TAKE CARE OF HIM

WE NEED TO LIVE LIKE THE WILD GOOSE LIVES

TRUE TO HIS NATURE

AND NOISY

FRANK A VOLLMER