adolescent limbs
adolescent limbs
victims of hit and run gusts
hang bent and broken
***
who picks up the pieces of
this my body broken for you
and you and you –
or drinks wine of bitterness
and death for our losses?
Written following this morning’s walk through my neighborhood park. A young tree once whole was damaged during a windstorm last night. Not just a limb or branch here and there, but at least 1/3 of the tree hung down to the ground, almost totally unhinged from its trunk.
Which led me to ponder victims of other windstorms past and present. And unsung heroes and heroines who, at the cost of their own safety and health, helped and still help others survive in a world gone upside-down.
Plus the once and only Whole Human Being, Jesus of Nazareth, who endured brokenness and death for each of us, and invites us to risk ourselves for the sake of others.
©Elouise Renich Fraser, 24 July 2018
Telling the Truth 