September 17, 2019

LOCKED   CHURCH   DOOR

The priest didn’t know that 23 different

people at 23 different times had walked

up the front steps of that grey stone church

in the past 3 weeks - but the front door

was dead bolt closed and locked.

These 23 different visitors all came

in the daylight - expecting the red

painted church  door to be open -

but no - no - no - that church door

was dead bolt closed and  locked.

The priest - had become a rather tired

man - and the Spirit flew away and out

of his being some 11 years ago - and

he stopped wondering  why so many

people didn’t come to church any more.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019