In The Book
A hand appears.
It writes on the wall.
Just a hand moving in the air,
and writing on the wall.
It writes on the wall.
Just a hand moving in the air,
and writing on the wall.
A voice comes and says the
words,
"You have been weighed,
you have been judged,
and have failed."
"You have been weighed,
you have been judged,
and have failed."
The hand disappears, the
voice
fades away into silence.
And a spirit stirs and fills
the room, all space, all things.
fades away into silence.
And a spirit stirs and fills
the room, all space, all things.
All this in The
Book
asks, "What have you done wrong?"
But The Spirit says,
"Come to me, who need comfort."
asks, "What have you done wrong?"
But The Spirit says,
"Come to me, who need comfort."
And the hand, the wall, the
voice
are gone, but The Spirit is everywhere.
The story ends inside the book,
but outside, wherever you are --
are gone, but The Spirit is everywhere.
The story ends inside the book,
but outside, wherever you are --
It goes on.
~ William Stafford
~
(The Way It
Is)
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