The sparrow

Little sparrow,

do you know

Father God

knows

you?

 

Yes.

He comes and flies with me, you know

when He needs the simple things.

He says He loves me.

He laughs when I have a bath

in a puddle

and splash Him.

He laughs.

He enjoys

He who has trusted the world to man

and now must watch

in pain and glory

as man lives

and dies

and hurts

and cries.

 

When He needs the simple things

He says He loves

me.

 

That was then

but this is now ……

 

in the cold light of morning

in the hard light of day

is it enough

to know

that once

You saved me.

Is it enough?

 

Yes,

sometimes.

No!

 

No, no, no, no

I need to know

that You saved me then

and are with me now.

I need to know!

 

Not just to feel

on  my good days

that sense of ease and peace,

but to know

when things are bad

and nothing’s getting any better.

To know

You’re there

with me

 

that You won’t leave

 

I need to know

 

How can I know that?

 

Remember the sparrow.