Held
Carried
Your tender frail body
Cradled in arms that bear the strength of the universe and more
All is well
All is well
All is well
He knows our frames
He remembers that we are dust
Psalm 103:14
Held
Remnants
What to do with
All the bits and
Pieces that
Used to be
There but
Are not
Not quite ghosts but
Haunting all
The same
Morse Code
I heard from heaven today
I am fine
I'm more than fine
I'll see you when you get here
Triangles
Triangles triangles
There has to be triangles
Little sandwich triangles
Arranged on a tray
(crusts facing out
points facing in and)
Lots of them
(don't skimp)
There has to be lots
Because
When
Death
Comes
Traditions like triangles
Little sandwich triangles
Are all that
Keep one
Bound to the earth
Little sandwich triangles
Bad coffee
Squares
(Dainties in Saskatchewan)
Thank you for coming
I'm so sorry for your loss
Keep one
From coming
Undone
Confessions
young and pretty
old and careworn
both
she gave me perfume
(i can still smell it)
foreign and fragrant
tempting
a gift
(of sorts)
from
a traveler through
her used body
how did she end up here
(hotelier come escort)
no one told her
she would
never stop crying
for the babe
she had
no way for
so she told me
a stranger
Who dun it
he
she
they
did
IT
shame game
blame game
we're very good at it
Grounded
When you feel like
You
Are
Flying part/blown apart by (fill in the blank)
Ground yourself in the earth dear heart
Ground yourself in the earth
Lay upon our common rock
Gaze upon our common sky
Breathe in His life/breath
Deeply
Purely
Keenly
Let Him re-form you once again dear heart
Let Him re-form you once again
Feel His life restore/recreate you
Feel His power bare
His wild divine space/place of wonder
He can
He does
He will
Bitter Cup 2.0
Drink the biting cup
Choke and swallow and welcome
its sting
The worthless made worthy in suffering
Bitter made sweet in
the dark desperate despairing dungeon
Fermented
(but not to violent vilified vindictiveness)
Remade
Reborn
New wine
Good wine
Pure
Drink it all
Drink it all
And live
A good Malbec or a nice
Chardonnay maybe
(not out of a box)
Foreign Territory
i miss the me i used to be before (fill in the blank on the am i crazy intake form) do you miss the you that used to be you (what doesn't kill you makes you stronger hmmm i’m not so sure) unless by stronger you mean compassionate insomniac if it’s that then ✓
Tangled
Life Meanders along just fine and Unravels in a moment (a second is all it takes to make a total mess) Right? Then begins the Untangling Unraveling the Slow Tedious Painstaking Courageous Work To become Whole (ish) Again
Colleen R. Jantzen 