The coin

After Luke 15:1-10

The coin drops on the floor,

or is dropped, its edge catching

upright, The coin rolls

by its own momentum to a corner,

dark, or under a chest, dusty, 

or into a crack, lodging.

And the choice: forget the coin, lost,

because there are nine not lost,

or search for the coin, raising

the dust and the dirt, peering

into the dark corners and crevices,

getting hands and knees dirty, dust

rising everywhere? Mourn and forget

the loss, or seek and rejoice the found?

Photograph by ZSun Fu via Unsplash. Used with permission.