019 Ring the Bell

A poem from All Saints - it takes us to Christmas, into the bell tower and some words from Leonard Cohen who writes:

"ring the bell that still can ring
forget the perfect offering
there's a crack in everything
that's the way the light gets in"

Ring the Bell

The bells chime their voices in choirful
coloured notes,
in chordant hues.
This is not the tolling
of deaths dark hand
or beacon peal
or warning clang.
This, is celebration;
gold frankincense and myrrh
quavering joyous
in accent song.
This, is jubilee -
wondrous star resonance
in the melody of night.

And, as once in royal bleak winter
when faithful herald angels sang
to watchful shepherds
in a silent night,
the realms of glory again
ding dong their merriance.

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