The well woman

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

“Give me that water,” she said;

“no more drudgery of trudging to the well.”

He fixed her with a look so keen

she felt the bucket of her belly tip over;

all told she was empty, and bottomless.

The water jar fell.

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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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