Devotee
21st Century
Even from here I can sense her
devotion
For hours she has knelt silent on the
chapel floor
Bruised knees before the virgin
She has crawled and cried until she
is beyond words
Beyond reproach, she is with God
Someone as foreign to prayer as I
would have
Little idea what this means to her
I know more of stone than of saints
I'm sure that somewhere someone
cries for her too
On Earth or in Heaven, it is hard to
say.
DayPoems Poem No. 2334
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2334.html">Devotee by Bob Childs</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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