Treading Water in an Icy Pond



Most of the people I meet at readings and on forums

must have known Jesus,

carried his cross

up to Golgotha.

Perhaps one of the apostles 

Luke or John 

recruited them as scribes for Paul’s book of Acts.

I pause to reflect on the mastery of syntax

quiet juxtaposition 

also, the implicit comparison

as they deign to glance in my direction

ethereal in their gray 

horn-rimmed spectacles

so hardcore and so zealously real.

Cornelia DeDona 1-2-19

Leave a Reply

Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.