God of Long Journeys

By Bryant Burroughs

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​You came afar to this place,
from unseen to sight,
from worship to scorn
from pure light to dark.
“That’s where I want to go,”
you must have told the Father,
for You, the very God-Self,
made your way to this infected sphere
in which few expected you
and none bid you come,
for we fear a God too near.
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In your train trailed bits of yourself:
grace, mercy, hope,
endless springs of love.
And, in your return
to joy-filled Heaven,
in your train are grateful souls.

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Bryant Burroughs is a poet and short story creator whose work has appeared in online literary sites such as Agape Review, Clayjar Review, Pure in Heart Stories and Faith and Hope & Fiction. His first collection of poetry is published as Where Do My Words Go? Bryant lives with his wife Ruth and three cats in Upstate South Carolina.

Bryant's other work on Foreshadow:
The Widow Whose Son Lived (Fiction, July 2022)
The Youngest Day (Poetry, November 2022)
The Widow's Psalm (Poetry, February 2023)
The Leper and the Healer (Fiction, May 2023)
Pearls of Ignatius (Poetry, August 2023)
Song of the Star (Poetry, December 2023)
A Long Walk Toward God (Poetry, January 2024)
All the Dead Heard His Voice (Poetry, March 2024)
Letters from Heaven (Poetry, June 2024)
Joseph's Psalm (Poetry, February 2025)
Song of the Stable (Poetry, February 2025)