It had been a while
it had been an age
since he last let his style
wander over the page.

He still felt such rage
which made him feel dire
but there'd be no next stage
till he'd put out this fire.

He felt so much calmer
as ink flowed 'cross the page
words were such a disarmer
he had issues to engage.

The more that he penned
the calmer he got
as he tried to amend
and move on from this spot.

But at the very last line
with his pen in the margin
he tore it up as a sign
and he'd write it again.

______

Anger all gone now
he looked at the cross
and he knew then that somehow
He was sharing his loss.

He felt again whole
as he laid his pen down
he felt back in control
from a peace he'd now found.

Presently he turned again to his labours
leaving his writing and going back to his lathe
and as he looked over at one of his neighbours
he thought of his son on a cross being brave.

Who'd not spoken of God
or of angels with wings
but of the land and the sod
and of bread, fish and things.

Ah the mysteries of life
are such a matter of faith
she was Joseph's wife
But ’twas God kept her safe.



©Joe Wilson – He looked at the cross...2014