October 16, 2021

LEAN

 

I like to lean against trees
and feel its wood in my back –
if for just a few minutes.
 
The back of benches in church
work just as well – a chance to
stretch back into the hard of wood.
 
Support, rest, a chance
for a break, to just be me -
a leaning into a solid something. 

But sometimes this happens
when I’m on a cross - when pain – or
a glimpse of death is pushing into me.

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021