You remind me---you, who so fervently loved Jonathan---
that your great descendent, Who is also God's Son,
Who reigns forever on His Throne in Starlit Heaven above---
does not look askance at any form of true and ardent Love.
Starward
[*/+/^]
Author's Notes/Comments:
** The title was inspired by Henry Ryland's painting, David Tending His Sheep, which was in a children's Bible given me by my maternal grandmother when I was about three. I have very clear memories of staring at it, especially on Sunday mornings (when my parents slept late, as they were not active in any church at that time); and it established for me a definition of beauty which remains with me to this day.
The poem alludes to 2nd Samuel 1:26, Mattthew 22:45 and Psalm 110, Hebrews 4:16 and Revelation 22:16.
