In His Hands

9:22 PM

  
                        They’re days old
                        and hard and stale and small
                        and there’s only five
                        and two of those I brought along
                                                and five thousand of them
                                                all unknown faces
                                                and unknowing hands
                                                and mouths
until He asks,
seeing beyond the mouths
through the chest
to the soul, starving
                        and my bread
in His hands
                                                to their mouths
                                                                        feeds them and
                                                                        feeds them again.

                        I have only two
                        my sacrifice of cents
                        makes little sense
                                                in a wider world
                                                of wilting wishes
                                                and wasted wants                 
                                                and wasting away children
until He asks
knowing the nots
and the needs
                        and my mite
in His hands
                                                to their needs
                                                                        gives and
                                                                        gives again.

                        I’m one among a world
                        small, broken, flawed,
                        a dime among dollars
                        a peasant among kings
                                                in a sea of needs and abilities
                                                all mismatched and
                                                clawing at me and my conscience
until He asks
feeling the faults
and the faith
                        and I
in His hands
                                                to their aid
                                                                        save them and

                                                                        save them them again. 

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