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Friday, February 15, 2008
Lent, again Lent, again Small Baptist church Edge of the city Family farms were gone Ever widening streets Car lots and early stage Of strip malls Good people Almost “country folk” My mom’s people They knew the Bible They loved it They tried to live it No creeds or rituals so They believed Lent was bad, almost evil Empty routine of False religion Catholics and Lutherans Maybe some others so Far from faith Home is not so distant Four or five hours down the freeway Decades later, now about four Yearly ashes to my forehead The joy of sorrow The smudge of death The touch of some pastor I hardly know What was once forbidden Now is my food, my life I worry for a moment that I may later see Someone I know at the Store who won't understand Six weeks Wednesday at noon Sitting with Glenn Sometimes others join us A hymn or two Short sermon Some good, some not Prayer Lunch in the basement Church cookbook casserole Creamy salad Cookies or cakes Water or tea Neither of us drinks coffee Talk of family and sports Maybe the sermon Church friends and politics Work updates We say our goodbyes Giving up something, maybe Remembering, anything to help Holy Week, the beginning with Sword ferns posing as palms Maundy Thursday It took a long time to Understand the “Maundy” Good Friday, It’s trite, But who ever thought to Call it “good?” The dark, quiet and waiting Easter and It’s over Day of joy Get my life back, again Not sure I want it At this cost The seasons end I hope it will come again Next year Or maybe, I hope I’ll be here next year To remember that It happened Jesus suffered And I live Jim Schmotzer Lent 2008 hat tip to Steve Moore for passing this one on to me. Labels: passion year, poetry posted by John David Walt | at 2/15/2008 07:09:00 AM
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2 Comments:
great lines...
my fav part
Easter and
It’s over
Day of joy
Get my life back, again
Not sure I want it
At this cost
Good to see that FARMstrong went to rehab (no no nooo)
story!
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