(Storm Sleeper by Glen Strock)

God sleeps,
yes,

but not like
we do. 

God sleeps

like the
rich, dark,

patient
earth

surrounding the

yearning
seed.

God sleeps,
yes,

but not like
we do.

God sleeps

like a
mountain

tall,
majestic,

home to
streams

that run,
rushing

down his
face,

home to the

deer that
wander,

gently
nibbling and

to the hiker
who stops

on the trail
midway

between
valley and peak.

God sleeps,
yes,

but not like
we do.

God tosses
and turns

like an old
man dreaming

a tangled
mass

of what was,

what is,

what will
be. 

God sleeps
and is silent,

while the
storm rises

and with it
panic.

God sleeps
like the ocean

depths
unruffled by the wind.

‘Wake up!’
we cry, ‘Wake up!’

and the
earth shudders,

the mountain
quakes,

the old man
sighs and turns in his sleep

while the
ocean grows calm around us. 

(a reflection on the calming of the storm in Mark 4:35-41)

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