How challenging it is
To live by faith
When the world props me up
On every side
#apoemaday
On the lake
Talking over travel plans
Geese at night
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Our Photo
I glance at our photo
Arms around one another
In easy comfort
I know you
You know me
I Glance
Not Gaze
I can take you in
In bits
And pieces
Only
Too much
And I am undone
#apoemaday
Laundry Soap
I used the last of the laundry soap today
The laundry soap that you left behind
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be
Getting to the end of the pail
The pail that you used
Everyday
Everyday before you moved to heaven that is
Heaven
Where no laundry gets done
I guess
#apoemaday
Firmament
Stretched out on the rock
Firmament beneath me
Breathed in the earth
Decided to stay
(even while you're not here)
My home
For now
#apoemaday
Sunrise
Fire in the sky
An unexpected grace
You don't need me
To keep the world turning
Thank goodness.
#apoemaday
Wonder
Wild geese calling
Night now falling
You call to each other
In language only you and He understand
I ponder in wonder
And worship
You.
You.
#apoemaday
Chaff
I have been sifted like wheat
So much chaff
The winds of terror and grief
Blew away
Puny kernels of weak faith remained
You are big
I am not.
#apoemaday
Tick Tock
When I wake
I re-calibrate
Because
You're
Not
There.
#apoemaday
Control
Sweet sleep
Neatly nightly
You remind us that
We aren't and
Don't need to be
In control
Because
There is
Someone else
More loving
And perfect
Who
IS
#apoemaday
Colleen R. Jantzen 