YEARNING FOR GRACE

YEARNING FOR GRACE

i.

We tell

  the stories

that have been 
told us

We touch

  in ways

we have been

  touched

Argument

  and pain

recycled

or repurposed

  and refined

We need not master

  anything but love

and in that

being a student

will suffice.

ii.

I’ve been assigned

  dumpster duty

My job to hose

  the fucker down

I’ll probably

  flood the alley

Clumsy Student

iii.

Yearning for grace

  hoping for redemption

As plants turning

  toward the Sun.

RW

Seattle

05.30.2019