Sunday, September 5, 2010

35. Straws August 24, 2010

 
                 Straws
          by Patricia Prewitt
           August 2 4, 2010

My legal-eagle angel  pitchs Hope
but I pullback, hesitate to reach out;
aged tissue-paper skin bleeds easily
and sharp jagged pieces of broken Hope
have dug deep ugly scars on those who believed.

In my youth I eagerly clutched at straws
which broke my camel;s overburdened back;
I would walk a mile for a camel but
resurrection, is a dicey desire.

Wounded with doubt, armed with desperation,
I slip on a mitt of mitigation
and catch flying shards of hope flung my way,
because    this just might be our miracle.


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