17Feb2010, Ash Wednesday

Waiting
almost panicked
as the hours pass from the day
that would mark the beginning of lent.

Uncertain
if the season would pass me by
and go un-noticed

Wary and waiting
for a sign,
Your sign,
that Lent begins inside me!

And then it comes
at the moment of my Marking
in the middle of my doubt
a wave washes over me
gently touches and warms my heart
that had been laying like a stone
And I feel Loved beyond belief!

Marked!
As your sheep
And I come to bask
in a wave that lays claim to me
claiming me forever Yours!

I am Marked!
and I am Yours!