"...(O)ur hearts are opened wide with a sweetness of love that is beyond words." RB

Today this Easter Wednesday something a little different. A poem posted twice, the same one. Each is a little different. The first is the newest version and incorporates a quotation from The Rule of Saint Benedict. The second version is not so much older than the first. It written just the day previous on Tuesday, another beautiful Spring day here in Northern California across the Golden Gate Bridge in the small city where I live. Note that in the second, the earlier of the two versions, there is a line about Christ and the Spirit in the blood giving life. Not so in the first one.

Embrace of God (2)
by Peter Menkin

The heart yearns,
wishes for warmth, finds opening
to the Lord. "With tears and the attention
of heart..." this divine love sustains life. More.
In the secret of the self, within the psyche,

we yearn for knowledge with self recognition of existence,
Christ does feed us. More. The beyond
calls; mankind discovers something uniquely
greater than the mysteries that Intrigue senses and thoughts."

...(O)ur hearts are opened wide
with a sweetness of love
that is beyond words."

Easter reveals to us this greater than,
this renewal of the good, exploding with eternal might
there is love greater everlasting
gift unforgettable recognized with prayer. More.
With a knowledge of expanded eternity beyondthe measure of imagination--
the gasp of surrender.

Promise that tells us God
Embraces the spirit of mankind.



















Embrace of God (1)
by Peter Menkin

The heart yearns,
wishes for warmth, finds opening
to the Lord. A deeper thing,
like the blood that courses through the body

this divine love sustains life. More.
In the secret of the self, within the psyche,
we yearn for knowledge: recognition of existence,
Christ does feed us. More. The beyondcalls;

mankind discovers something uniquely
greater than senses and thoughts.
Easter reveals to us this greater than,
this renewal of the good, exploding with eternal might.
There is love greater, everlasting.

Gift unforgettable recognized in prayer. More.
With apperception--
the gasp of surrender.
Promise that tells us God
embraces the spirit of mankind.








In the poem, the word "apperception" means to recognize, to have an inner sense (without self consciousness), an awareness. That is almost the dictionary definition, more the second definition of the word.

Note: You may visit my website which has poetry and is a personal website at:
http://www.petermenkin.com/