I clipped blue iris,
those little teeth of God,
the day your grandson died.
Like spears in a vase
the cut stems still
take water.
The window light,
filtered by glass,
frames life.
Two weeks on the planet,
we’re too weak, to stand
alone.
Will Schmit is a volunteer outreach prison minister for Lifehouse Church in McKinleyville Ca. He is the author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry and Jesus Inside A Prison Minister's Memoir and Training Manual both available at Amazon Books and www.schmitbooks.com. The website also includes poetry, ministry updates, and music downloads from Bring To Glory a CD of spoken word with coffee house jazz.
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