Don’t remain angry
Haiku of realisation and repentance
You’re elusive, God,
time you made your presence felt,
made the mountains quake!
Make a big display,
cause the nations to tremble;
make them take notice.
No God except you
has ever been seen or heard
throughout the ages.
Those who wait for God
find themselves in God’s presence;
they do what is right.
We made you angry
when we sinned. We were unclean;
and you hid yourself.
Our righteous deeds, they
are nothing, they cling to us
like a filthy cloth.
We fade, like a leaf.
Cut off from you, the wind blows
us away. We die.
You are our Father,
the potter who shapes our lives;
your hand has made us.
Don’t remain angry,
Lord, or remember our sins;
we are your people.
© Ken Rookes 2023
