Lamar Howell's Weblog

Somewhere

 between the white radiance of eternity

And the washed-out hues of earth-bound existence

We meet

Between the outstretched tent of heaven’s firmament

And the tattered fabric of windless souls

Between the everlasting horizons of limitless dominion

And the fog of tomorrow’s hourly uncertainties

Somewhere between the living blood at the base of Mercy’s seat

And the tainted flow moving through weakening veins

We meet

Somewhere between the purposeful mind of an unfathomable plan

And the searching, longing looks of heavenward faces

Between the fires of brazen feet and burning eyes

And the locked cold heart of loneliness

We meet

We meet at some place between

The ultimate dream and a desperate hope,

Eternal bliss and human suffering,

Divine pain and fading pleasures,

Incomparable promises and barren hands

Somewhere between Heaven’s only Son

And the clay feet of every mortal man

We meet

And there you consume us in our brokenness

Yet we leave that place completely whole.

lamar howell, 2006