Hands and feet

After Luke 24:36-43

They see, they touch,

they doubt.

He sees the doubt.

Why, he says, why

this doubt. See

my hands. See

my feet.

(Why point them

To his hands and feet?”

(His hands and feet

bear the marks, 

the testimony.)

Touch me, and see,

They see, they touch,

they doubt and disbelieve

still,

even as the joy

begins to bubble up,

even as the marvel

begins to seize them,

unbidden.

And to prove his point,

he asks the normal.

Anything to eat?

Some fish?

The world is turning

upside down,

right before them,

right inside their hearts.

Photograph by Cristian Palmer via Unsplash. Used with permission.