A Poem By Carolyn Pinet
"I needed an angel
and she came..." sung by Shaun Phoenix
"Pack all your troubles
in your old kit-bag..."
...just like Noah did when he
herded all those creatures
into a very small space
and took off
over troubled waters.
In church this morning
my granddaughter, Mimi,
colors her ark and the creatures
- or more accurately
she scrapes the picture
with her nail and they flare up
in pink, purple, turquoise, yellow,
all neon lit -
while Pastor Laura brings up "resurrection"
on today, the last day of July,
rather apologetically,
but she's right on course:
along with Noah, we need to resurrect
the way a rainbowed current may buoy us up,
and we need to carry with us
all that we hold sacred,
hoping to retrieve and save
what promises us on the horizon,
not a mirage,
but a bird, flying and dipping over water,
inviting us to follow along...
"...and smile, smile, smile."
"Pack all your troubles in your old kit-bag,
and smile, smile, smile.
Cockney music hall and pub marching song, 1915 World War One
Pilgrim CC, July 31, 2022