#The Vanishing Song by Jay Hulme

[wherekizzialives]

The Small Things Spreading Joy in October 2023

How have we got to end of October already? If anyone could tell me where the year has gone and how I might slow the remaining months down a little, I’d love to hear from you! More seriously, as autumn beds in and the days grow darker I hope that my little pictures can be one of the sparks of light in each day. There are thirty pictures below, – including many roses, a few views, some foraged…

[holyandhaunted]

This Good Friday I want to share my favourite poem by Jay Hulme, a queer, trans and Christian poet God as a carpenter. Jesus as a familiar to wood and nail. The beauty of all Creation evident and true even in pain.

image and image description taken from Jay Hulme on Twitter

[castingmysilver]

The Temptation of Simeon Theodochos

(From The Vanishing Song, by Jay Hulme)

Transcript:

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. Luke 2:26

If you won't see Death before

you see the Messiah

Keep Your Eyes Shut.

Don't enter the temple to God's call,

you've gained immortality after all--

why listen to the songs they're singing?

Why hasten towards your ending?

Don't hold death in your arms

and proclaim it

Life.

But you're stood in the temple already,

praising this child you've seen.

Oh Simeon -- God-receiver -- enraptured in an

instant, answer this one question, please.

What does it mean to hold God in your arms

and know that you're dying?

My friend, you misunderstood--

As I held The Christ to my chest

I saw Death

fleeing away.