Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

I LIKE THE MOON AM, FR.JUDAS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So judas prayed
Last Line: Is all my words meant.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


So Judas prayed,
And heard a faint small singing far within;
And yet him seemed that he saw Jesus chant
Far, far aloft, as though his pale face were
Painted in profile like a half moon hung
Above the clouds and out of reach of harm:
Naught of his person else, except that voice
Which might proceed, or might not, from those lips:
I like the moon am,
That follows the sun
To glorify afresh
A world foredone.

Those failure and dust
And heat have jaded
Revive in my pureness,
By my patience are aided.

I am nearer and dearer,
Though gliding through heaven,
Than the loads you limp under
Over stones uneven.

Can towering ambition
Or the gains that men die for
Compete with the beauty
That I am on high for?

The power which fills me
Is wholly aware
That it yields what is wanted,
Completes what is there;

Is kindness only,
And fully bestowed:
What you suffer I suffered..
Yea, bled on that road;

The way you are going
Is the way that I went;
And the thought in you growing
Is all my words meant.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net