What are the teachings of this
Clown of mine,
that I should weave into
the warp and woof of life?
What is His foolishness that
now is wise?
-‘Find happiness in clarity of heart?
-Find fullness in the empty of this spirit?
-Find wealth unknown in gentleness?
-Have hunger in my heart for uprightness?
-Make way for weakness in the ones
with me?
-Create a bridge of peace in brokenness?
Take stick and sticks
until they form a cross,-
be freely nailed on ridicule,
then laugh
until the light arises in the dawn
and then they well may ask:
‘Who are these clowns?’ –
or some day they
may come
and gaze into the mirror
of this Cross,
and see their call to be
the Guilty-Now-Forgiven Welcomed Ones!
