LIKE JESUS TO THE CROWS that gathered there along his arms, upon the invitation of a slender limb. And not oblivious to human violence perhaps needed rest or needed to offer the succor of presence, despite the stiff collar of their feathers, despite each one being no less the children of a father who claimed an upper realm. It is not true they pecked his eyes. Nor did they consider his wounds their own. They were neither irreverent nor quiet. They spoke in the tongues they knew. They cawed full voiced and would have released him from his bindings had their beaks held the power and had there been time in that place. Like them, I have sought to comfort and so be comforted. Like them I have seen the failure of miracles when they were most needed. Like Him, I have called upon those so unlike myself when my father failed to answer. (Vievee Francis)
Friday, May 26
Friday, May 26
Friday, May 26
LIKE JESUS TO THE CROWS that gathered there along his arms, upon the invitation of a slender limb. And not oblivious to human violence perhaps needed rest or needed to offer the succor of presence, despite the stiff collar of their feathers, despite each one being no less the children of a father who claimed an upper realm. It is not true they pecked his eyes. Nor did they consider his wounds their own. They were neither irreverent nor quiet. They spoke in the tongues they knew. They cawed full voiced and would have released him from his bindings had their beaks held the power and had there been time in that place. Like them, I have sought to comfort and so be comforted. Like them I have seen the failure of miracles when they were most needed. Like Him, I have called upon those so unlike myself when my father failed to answer. (Vievee Francis)