Channelling William

(A lone voice whispers.)

My Serafina

I still miss your sweet voice

Your delicate smile and your Chanel Number 5 perfume

Those symbols of you

Follow me

Like silvery orbs

Into every single room

The drums

In my mind 

Beat louder

Each time I remember your fireplace picture

But now

Nothing sates me

But faith in scripture

For 

Psalms 35 says

Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.

Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid. 

Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. 

Say to my soul, 

"I am your salvation."

So now I no longer fear

Demons linked to darkness or loneliness 

In here

Bereft of you

For I know

1 Corinthians 15: 42-45

Says

"So it will be with the resurrection of the dead.

The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 

It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory; 

It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body."

For together

We will be again

To feel the bounty and fruit of the endless harvest 

To sit with and feel the warmth 

Those 

We today

Still miss

In endless bliss

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

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