Testimony

I am too much of a witness.

When the time comes they

will call me up and

ask what I have seen.

    "I did not only see with my

    eyes," I will confess.

    "But also with my hands and

    mouth, ears and hair, spine

    and gut, heart and hips.

    You must also ask the

    freckle on my skin the

    vein on my neck the

    swale of my belly the

    sweat on my palms."

They will ask the body what we saw.

    "We saw a man come together in

    the lions' den and 

    fall apart in

    the green pasture."

And who was the lions' den, o body?

    "It was a test from the enemy."

And who was the green pasture, o body?

    "It was us."