Learning to dance
the two-step, quick
quick slow; sus-
pended between beats,
the kiss falling from your lips –
let’s say that it was caught
by One who had already
fallen for you,
who held it like a talisman,
spinning out hope
until dawn fell,
laying the night to rest.
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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