Bread of Heaven

So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
John 6:30-33; John 6:48-51

Bread of Heaven

Ravenous we wake
night after night
hungry for be full
aching for what we do not have.

Although we eat we starve
although we drink we thirst
fill us now and evermore.

On the brink of the morning
light creeping along the horizon
we shudder with the cold
brace ourselves to face the day
and ache to be warm and full.

Although we eat we starve
although we drink we thirst
fill us now and evermore.

We toil til a midday's respite
sweat quickly cooling to ice
our ones brittle without life
our vision clouded by our shortcomings.

Although we eat we starve
although we drink we thirst
fill us now and evermore.

When the sunset and we stagger home
the winds swirls around us
and we fear we might fall
we are prey to our failures and our need.

Although we eat we starve
although we drink we thirst
fill us now and evermore.

When the last candle is extinguished
and hope is exhaled never to return
you come with comfort, warmth and food
and fill is now and evermore.

Although we eat we starve
although we drink we thirst
fill us now and evermore.