Only Poem by Carmela Patterson

Floating above the clouds my heart takes flight
Unfolding loveliness enveloping my sight
Light as a feather ascending higher
To my God in prayer I so aspire.

Taken out of myself my soul does see
The loveliness, O Lord, that is wholly Thee,
O Radiance sublime
For all time
In perfect rhyme!

To be caught up in this secret place
Is nothing save Thy generous grace
O that I may ever stay in such peace
All cares behind, a blessed release.

My heart and my soul Thou hast captured
My body and my spirit Thou hast raptured
As in prayer I ascend Thy heavenly throne
Where Thou hearest my soulful moan.

This communion,
This blessed union
Surpasses time and space
And I keep pace
~ Only ~
through Thy grace.


© Mel Patterson,1-4-2010