Uncontained God

By Bryant Burroughs

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     ‘Hail, space for the uncontained God’
          From the Agathistos Hymn, 6th century

The common womb of Mary
became “the home of God”,
Creator fitting into
the woman he had made,
uncontained God taking root
in a maid whose womb was filled
without the touch of man,
the seed inside somehow Spirit,
to come forth as Jesse’s Shoot.
The very fruit
of her womb
was Very God.
And she would nurse
at her breast
the Hope of Nations,
who came from God’s heavens
into the New Eve’s womb,
to wrest us from the curse.

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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)
God of Long Journeys (Poetry, February 2025)