Like a table spread in the desert,
a sheet of sand, shifting,
alive with irridesence,
moving grain against grain,
rubbed smooth by one another;
like a table spread in the desert –
an oasis for a parched mouth,
ripe figs brush the tongue –
intoxicating,
unexpected sweetness.
My love spreads a table in the desert;
she soothes my skin with fine sand;
he slakes my hunger with the fruit of the grain
and feeds me red wine.
My cup runneth over.
About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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