Now the letting go begins’
The new I must emerge,
The pain of birth surrounds me,
I am crushed and yet I still hope,
Can It rain? Oh Lord? Can it yet rain?
Shower mercy on this dry land of no tears,
From your cross comes the dew of heaven,
My prayer was answered then and now,
Still I will linger longer in this thou lands.
Now the letting go begins,
Thunder shakes the foundations of this temple,
A cry, clear and crisp and new,
A babe in Christ, reborn today,
29th April 1999
Etches Penmen
