
rosiesmysticjourney
Dr Rosemary T McAuley
Christian Mystical Journey

Poems and Thoughts
Nada
To see your weeping eyes
To feel your pain upon
That public post
The shame, the fear, the
Agony-
Oh! This dark night
When desert sands blind
Your vision and beat against
Your tired face
Cold comfort in your nakedness
Exposed to only your nothingness
Nada-your downing moan
Nada,Nada
Upon his empty stage you wait
Lost,broken, deserted
Point me north in this abyss
Soften my wounded heart
With gentle reminders of warmth.
from The Cry of My Soul


Portrait of My Mum
Snow Again
On the death of my mother 9/1/2018
And with her passing
My wintry heart
Reaps solace in the
magic of Snowfall
Absorbing me in the beauty
Communing with her eternity
A heavenly touch of connection
With the wonders she now beholds
Refined and purified as the snowflake
her crystal lattice of soul
melts into oneness
Echoes of another loss
My heart endured
Again lifting mourning into
Unearthly delight
God's hand staving the pain
With a silent stillness
To hear the moment.
And a blanket to wrap me
In the mystery of the cross.
Crown of Thorns
Etching

The Fruit of Suffering
A suffering made good,
When head and feet,
Ripen their fruit
Earth's gift, heaven's brain
A living sacrifice,
Expiring in the raging heat
Of creeping survival,
Amid lashes and deep cuts
Upon 'The Way'
Yet, I remain.
Awake to that vision,
Eyes penetrate to see-
A church refreshed with
Our blood upon that cross
He and I, We-
Made dead to their world.
from Containing the Dream

The Appearance
That longed for feminine goal
Stretch out and lift high
Rising-
A wooded hide
Reds, greens yellows, golds
Falling from an upright tower
Mary, Virgin most wild
Raindrops of perpetual cleaning
Upon your feet.
Rising-
Through the grove
Seeking light for a heavenly connection
Come out, burst forth!
Radiance appearing
A open face confronting
A world made ready.
from Containing the Dream
"the sensitivity of beauty touches the soul in a pure and special way."
" to lift oneself to a high plane-a heavenly reality were good exists-surely this should be encouraged." (writing extracts, 1991)