Friday, June 4, 2021

Two men, before


After Ephesians 2:11-22

We were two men, before,
each living in our own ways,
our own worlds, and if we gave 
thought to each other, it was
a thought about strangeness,
about oddity, about suspicion,
mutually. Separated by laws, 
culture, and inclination, 
our mutual tolerance was
a bare one.

Be he came preaching peace,
he came creating unity,
a man with a voice
whose presence wove
between us and among us,
not showing what was
happening, a coming together, 
a weaving of what was once
separated.

Photograph by Jack Castles via Unsplash. Used with permission.

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