Fountain

"Behold, I am coming soon.
I bring with me the recompense I will give to each
according to his deeds.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last,
the beginning and the end."...
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come."
Let the hearer say, "Come."
Let the one who thirsts come forward,
and the one who wants it receive the gift of life-giving water.
The one who gives this testimony says, "Yes, I am coming soon."
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
--Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20

The Alpha and Omega;
beginning and the end;
the sea, the stream, the wellspring;
the first and last Amen—

You flow from love unbounded
and unto love return,
the one life-giving fountain.
O, quench a world that burns!

Let him who thirsts come forward;
let him who wants draw near,
for you have promised torrents
to wash away our tears.

For you have promised rivers
to make the deserts bloom:
Their currents flow forever
out of an empty tomb!

Give us the living water
still welling from your side.
Transform your sons and daughters
to make of us your bride

and plunge us in that ocean
that moves not by the moon
but by your heartbeat's motion—
And, oh, come soon! Come soon!

Fountains of St. Peter's Square by Carlo Maderno (1614) and Bernini (1677), Photo By Lucaok - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2549085