The Sights

to A.V.

Say no to rose colored glasses.
The way out is not the way up.
The open door back into
the world is the way down.
We should know that by now.
Say yes to good-for-something eyes,
eyes wiped by gratitude stained hands,
hands dripping from living up to
the elbows in the thorns and
the magnificence and the fragrance, dear god
the bittersweet fragrance of life
in this charmed garden of redemption.
We are blessed to be here on the ground,
night sky without end. Amen.
 

 

 

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4 Comments

  1. wynnegraceappears on April 30, 2013 at 11:58 am

    I am taking all of this in slowly. This feels like one of those days when one leaves church and says, funny I think he wrote that sermon just for me.

  2. sethhaines on April 30, 2013 at 1:40 pm

    This is good, John.

  3. Christie on April 30, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    Oh, yes, Amen.

  4. Ann on July 19, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    Say no to rose colored glasses.

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