Heading out
some day
We all are
One way in
and another way out
Could be serious
or not
my friend tells me
of her illness
Too close again
for comfort
My heart is achy
Is it a mere door or
will we go through a tunnel
to another world
or a dimension
just beyond ours
where all is well and whole
one day to be
together
as heaven reunites
with earth?
© 2015 Julie Clark
The big problem
of pain or illness
is it is constantly
screaming for attention.
It drives me away
from anything else but myself,
pulling me steadily inward.
This is no way to live
or die for that matter.
I want to learn
new strategies
of living and caring
in the midst of it.
I have a role model
to study and learn from.
I think of Jesus.
His last days of life
His suffering and agony.
He didn’t go inward
and far away.
He stayed with us.
He instructed his friends
to put away their swords.
He looked at Peter
at the rooster’s third crow.
He had a few words
for Pilate.
A few more for the woman
on the path to the cross.
He took care of his mother.
He forgave his tormentors.
He brought comfort to another dying man.
He looked up.
He gave himself to God.
© 2014 Julie Clark
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