PoetrySacred Thought & Moral Reflection

Did the Holy Spirit Just Tap Your Shoulder?

By 11 September 2023August 1st, 2026No Comments1 min read
blue and orange abstract painting

The Tap on the Shoulder

A short poem exploring the uncertain boundary between spiritual experience, perception and doubt.

Corn-coloured Sunday
Sun beams in
Absorbed on the chair.
Light tap on the shoulder
Head snaps round
But there’s nobody there.
Would you say goddamn!
Holy spirit manifestation –
Or dismiss it scientifically
As a tactile hallucination?
Voodoo is playing
Face bore a brief cut frown.
Return to John 14 verse 16
Lips firmly schtum.


Back to Sacred Thought & Moral Reflection

More from the archive:

Prayer and Life

If I was a Jew

Reflection on Monotheism

Leave a Reply