Walking home from school
early morning still, before 8am
quiet, walking past another house,
A birch, a sapling, drawing my attention,
by the edge of their yard, the sidewalk
the clear sap, pearls, large droplets
hanging heavy from bleeding limbs
Three, maybe four, glistening arms
crying out, for the lack of understanding
the thoughtless cruelty, the senseless mayhem,
the arms pierced, broken without care
God’s tears sparkling in the morning sunlight
like Christ’s sweat in the garden, Gethsemane
The image, the droplets, falling
reminding me of Christ’s suffering
and of our hope, the promise, eternal,
in the grace of our God
Tears sparkling in the morning sunlight
like the arms of Christ Jesus, lifted up,
hanging, pierced by the nails, the spikes,
the tears of pain, the blood He shed for our sin
Thoughtless children, then as now,
not knowing what they had done
and, like the branches, new life
even in the dying, the giving, the blood
We are renewed by the Giver of all
the Creator by His plan, by His design
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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
Maundy Thursday
on
the way home from Pembroke Village School
Maple
and Prospect Streets
Suncook,
NH
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