I want to write about
the unbearable irony of dry breasts
in a land of milk and honey,
the bitter taste of hunger among the olive groves,
but I am not qualified. Instead, I will contemplate
the crumpled faces of the women
of Jerusalem when Jesus told them, Blessed
are the bodies that never bore fruit,
and the breasts that never nursed,
while all around them pomegranates bled
in sympathy for the devastating irony
of humanity.
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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