early morning still
past another house
a birch, a sapling,
by the edge of their yard, the sidewalk
the clear sap, large droplets
hanging heavy from bleeding limbs
three, maybe four, glistening arms
crying out, for the lack of understanding
the thoughtless cruelty
the arms pierced, broken without care
Like the arms of Christ, lifted up, pierced by the nails
the tears of pain, the blood he shed
thoughtless children, then as now
not knowing what they had done
and, like the branches, new life
even in the dying
renewal by the giver of all
the creator by His plan, by His design
Tears sparkling in the morning sun
like his sweat in Gethsemane
reminding me of his suffering
and of our hope,
in the grace of God
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edited December 17, 2015
Bleeding Limbs – v5
(merging edits to version
2 and version 4)
edited July 21, 2015
Bleeding Limbs – v4
(editing original)
edited February 2, 2015
Bleeding Limbs – v3
(editing version 2 and
version 1)
new February 2, 2015
winter birches
edited
December 17, 2015
summer
birches – v6
(editing
original)
edited
October 15, 2015
summer
birches – v5
(editing
original)
edited
February 16, 2015
summer
birches – v4
(merging
edits to version 2 and original)
drafted
February 11, 2015
edited
February 10, 2015
summer
birches – v3
(merging
edits to version 2 and original)
edited
February 2, 2015
summer
birches – v2
about
Mile Marker 213
Edinburg,
ME
driving
in Rte 95 southbound in northern Maine
new
poem July 18, 2014
summer
birches
driving
in Rte 95 southbound in northern Maine
edited June 30, 2014
Bleeding Limbs – v2
April
9, 2009
Bleeding
Limbs
Maundy
Thursday
on the way home from
Pembroke Village School
Maple and Prospect
Streets
Suncook, NH
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1 comment:
What beautiful use of metaphor.
Karen
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