Psalm for the fourth funeral

Good God, sometimes mortality
becomes too heavy for us
to bear under;
it piles up like bones.
We flood the valley floor
with grief; our footsteps
sink for want of solid ground.
How long, O Lord, will you wait
to part this salt sea?

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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