Apple of my eye

Sacred.
Enchanting.
Rosy.
Russet.
Yellow.
Green.

Gatherings.
Sweetness.
Story.
Thankfulness.
Abundance.

Love.
Tender touch of bees.
White pinky blossom.
Wassail.
Songs and Alleluias.
Trees of Life.
The All.

Star-shaped core.
Sparkling.
Guiding.
Light.
Nativity.
Joy.

© Hilary Oxford Smith

Apple of my eye, was published in Autumn: Liturgical resources for August, September and October including Ordinary Time and Harvest, ed. Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications, Glasgow 2021. A liturgical resource book which includes prayers, responses, stories, poems, liturgies, songs, scripts and monologues. It is available to purchase from Pleroma, Otane 4170, Central Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and/or through www.ionabooks.com and all good publishers.