Easter At the Nursing Home

When bread
is this good
a morsel

will suffice
and when wine
is this good

a sip is enough
for the wraiths
and specters

coming toward 
the altar now
on crutches

walkers
in wheel chairs
celebrating  

the last Easter 
some of them 
will know 

as they await  
a resurrection
of their own.

 
Donal Mahoney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Rodrigues Avatar
April 16, 2017 at 6:29 AM
So lovely, Donal! Reminds me of a great-Aunt. She was retired nun in a convent. Happy Easter!
Mahoney Avatar
April 16, 2017 at 7:03 AM
I thank you for the comment, Kim. The older I get the more I finally appreciate the Real Presence at the Sacrifice of the Mass. Always believed but did not always behave. Still not holy but better behaved.
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