Saint Joseph

Publish a Prayer

Poem to Saint Joseph

(By Matthew Schumann)

Saint Joseph

I plead with you

Please help me

To find

My own virgin

Dear

Allow me

To be here

While she is

There

And grab with your

Rusty carpenter hands

That bend between

Her and me

So that it twists

In the palm of your

Grace

And our destinies

Become one

The destiny

Of romantic lilies

Who bloom only

In the evening

Of darkness and

Moonlight

With stars like

Candles in glasses

Broken so that

Their lights

Drip down from

That ancient wall

Of black and

Swirling whites

Dust from galaxies

Far away

Oh Saint Joseph!

My heart yearns

For her!

My soul mourns

And cannot take

This repeated hour

Of loneliness!

Bring her

To my side

So I can

Make her

My only bride!

I have

No more sins

To hide

From her

Or from you

Nor from Him

Our Lord

And your

Perfect Bride

She is

Brilliant

Gold

And she never

Becomes old

Not once

Not ever

Oh father

Of my

Shepard

Call in

Your sheep

And may one of them

Be counted among

The ones who are

Counted as

Belonging

To that Sacred

Family of

Everlasting Love

And may she

Be one

Of those

Who pose

In the evening

And call to me

In her

Charity

Amen!