Friday, June 26, 2015

Michael Jamesl Bradley (RIP)

 
Michael
 
Really? Can it be already three years passed?
Only yesterday I thought forever we would last
 
You and I, different as night and day in this ole world
Fast friends through sacred images spiritually-swirled
 
“Do you ever feel like crying when there is no reason?”
He floored me! Then began a supernatural long season
 
Mentor Michael explained “Stirrings”, “Knowings” and such
Unwittingly, I had been waiting impatiently for His blessed touch
 
Spiritual images began in an earnest unrelenting deluge
Michael termed them “Visions”? For humble I---Too huge!
 
Overwhelmed with such proposition, “Undeserving!” did I protest
With chapter and verse Scripture-quotes Michael won that contest
 
Still, for many years, I referred to “Images” as beyond the realm
Navigating by the “Word” Michael sailed true the courage helm
 
Once, the “Saint” confessed a troubled questioned continuance
Found virtue of my quest in truth a sacred blessing reassurance
 
Not I! But, He! Proclaimed me in a meaning holy writ
He sends just what you need, when you most require it
 
Seventeen solemn years we shared a reverent-sacred relationship
Saw each other half a dozen times, yet survived such sponsorship
 
’Tis this bond: “Love of the Deity!” We holy found
A “heaven” compliment anointed our belief-bound
 
Compute the days to weeks to years and find a “Trinity” love-fest
Saint Michael, lowly me, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost the best
 
A final call told me last offered words best said to now do
He laughed at “Tell Jesus I said ‘Hi!’ Michael, I love you!”
 
Amen!
 
Michael James Bradley Mon Amie!
(October 9, 1953-June 26, 2012)
 


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