Caput et membra
when the whole body prays
as one
the thin skin weeping
for relief
the mind urging the flesh
to hold
the eyes pleading for the mind
to remember
the spirit undergirds the whole
heavy load
and whispers in the body’s ear
“I know”
.
Caput et membra
when the whole body prays
as one
the thin skin weeping
for relief
the mind urging the flesh
to hold
the eyes pleading for the brain
to remember
the spirit undergirds the whole
heavy load
and whispers to the body’s ear
“I know”
Heh. I made a few changes, published, then decided I didn’t like most of the changes. So now there’s just, like, one word’s difference between the two.
I declare it FINISHED.