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Jesus Knelt in Grief
Over the Death of Children (V2)

Michael Lee Johnson

Breaking out of silence,
Jesus knelt to his knees
in moist desert sand,
wrote messages
with his fingertips
to children-
“water is water, toys are toys,
but by my fingers burn with life,
although I toil over tombs with grief and tears-
I am the living and I am the dead.
I was born to life to bring
new hope into the death of children.
I am the messenger of the morning sun
the prayer book between the morning dew,
the play fields of your daily adventures.
When I kneel here again,
the end will be the end.
Fire willed into my words.
Driftwood and sand will turn to stone.
I drag my fingers across hot sand once more
morning will come without daybreak.
Birds will no longer sing, and crickets
lose their songs.”

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