Foundering

As though created in mid-air
and surprised, the lamb fell
without foothold down the cliff
and into the stream where we,
speechless, sandwiches halfway
to open mouths watched it
pick up and shake itself back
to life , quiet waters clinging to wool,
green pastures calling, it ran on
as though pursued
by all the hounds of heaven.

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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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