Some Would Satisfy Their Utmost Longings

March 16, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is St. Patrick’s Day, which is celebrated tomorrow, March 17^th.

Today’s poem is spoken by St. Patrick about relinquishing personal ambition.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Some would satisfy their utmost longings,

Always reaching for what lies beyond.

I know well the soul has no belongings,

Neither short-term lease nor long-term bond.

Though I long for You, I know You're with me.

Peace comes through delivery from desire.

All Your love for all burns right through me.

There is nothing left that I require.

Rich in faith, I can be poor in fashion,

Intending but to be Your instrument.

Called to this green land, I preach Your passion.

Kings come to me through You, their crowned heads bent.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/somew3.html. For more poems for St. Patrick’s Day, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/stpatricksdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: St. Patrick’s Day

March 12: Self Becomes Less Self the More Self-Served

March 13: Seriously, Nothing Would Surprise Me

March 14: Sing of Ireland, That Salad Bowl

March 15: Sing of the Home That You Have Never Seen

March 16: Some Would Satisfy Their Utmost Longings