Sunday, April 14, 2013

Save my servant



I am not worthy to ask
my soul scalds my heart
scalds my heart
to talk with you, to be
this close. I am not worthy.
I ask you to save the dying
to heal the sick
to cleanse the filthy.
I ask you, even though
I am not worthy to ask
I am not worthy to ask.

Photograph by Petr Kratochvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

2 comments:

Martha Jane Orlando said...

"I am not worthy to ask . . ." Makes me realize how much God loves us though none of us is deserving.
Beautiful poem, Glynn!

Brian Miller said...

but in his eyes, we are...

you know

appreciate your prayers...