Poem November 8, 1993 Issue

"Surely the Lord is in this place"

Genesis 28:16

Mary Gadberry Patrick

No fear is here, now, where
even illusion of fear
must inevitably disappear
at God's, Love's, command
here, now, where
God, Love, is All—
all-power, all-presence,
eternal, supreme,
refuting any pretense
of otherness, or past
or future elsewhere,
than this dear, infinite
here, now, where
Love, God, is
or else we could not be.

For goodness' sake He
fathers, mothers, husbands all,
tells and tenderly says again,
"Fear not, let it be known:
I am forever everywhere
here, as I have shown.
Let it now be known!"