Sunday, August 23, 2015

Soberly

The line of friends entering the church
Stretched down the block.
Some I hadn’t seen in some months,
And in my enthusiastic greeting,
I found myself rocked back
By the sober, measured responses.

It is hard to go soberly to a house of mourning
When beloved friends are also there,
When I wish to celebrate the ways God is at work
In their lives,
In all our lives.

2 comments:

  1. It was good to see you all, even very briefly <3

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  2. It was good to see you all, even very briefly <3

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