OFFERING PSALM

OFFERING PSALM

Here – the Broken charity –
Here – the Contrite boon –
Here – the blundered Recompense –
Here – the minored Tune –

While the perfect Failure smiles –
While Pretensions thrive –
While the hypocritic Boast
Bargains to survive –

All He bids for Sacrifice:
Taking off the Masks –
Humble deeds and meek regrets –
This is all He asks?

Dare we try to hide ourselves –
Shamed by grime and greed –
Then Perfection’s Future Tense
Meets our Present need.

(20 July 2010, London England)