Poetic Responses to Psalms and Scripture
Let God arise,
let his foes be scattered.
Let those who
hate him flee before him.
As smoke is blown
away so will they be blown away;
like wax that
melts before the fire.
Ps. 68:1-2
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I never thought of
myself as
running,
but I do—
jog to the house
from the car a
fourth time
for my phone, more
coffee, the shopping list.
Nothing I need.
My hands swing
from doorknob to
cup to keys,
eyes drifting,
no help to anyone.
My children wait,
burning in their
seats.
Do I forget them?
Hurry up,
please.
Melt me.
I want to become
someone who holds
on,
who stays.
-- By:
Ms. Karen Jessee, OP - -
a member of the Dominican
Laity, St. Mary Magdelene Group in Raleigh, NC. She writes and
teaches, living with her husband and children near Chapel Hill, North
Carolina.
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