Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Hosanna Psalm

The word “Hosanna” translates to mean a word of both joyful exclamation and also “God deliver us”.  Write a psalm using the word Hosanna.

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  1. Psalm - Dreaming In Hosanna's by Larry P Morris

    There are no Hosannas.
    This is no joy or dancing or laughter
    in the house of fear.
    There is no freedom, no flying,
    no creativity …
    there is nothing but quiet, panic soaked walls.
    We are afraid that someone will notice we are broken.
    We are terrified that someone will see we are not good.
    We know that someday, someone
    will tell us that and that will be the end.
    There will be no more

    So we dig our own bunkers.
    We hide as much as we can
    and we wait for that terrible day – of judgment.
    We wait for oblivion.

    And then we hear you.
    It’s a whisper,
    as if you have joined us to hide too
    It’s as if you have known our fear.
    It’s as if you have been told that you are not loved, not wanted, too.
    And you have.
    And quietly, gently, you are saying our name.
    And in the hearing of that one simple word
    we breathe for the first time
    and we sleep soundly
    preparing for the new life to come,
    dreaming in hosannas.

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    1. Second line should be "There is no joy..." LPM

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