FATIGUE

FATIGUE
TIREDNESS
IS THE NEW NORMAL FOR YOU

WE ARE ABUSING YOUR BODY
TO MAKE IT WELL

YOUR BODY OBJECTS
AND SULKS

THIS FROM MY RADIOLOGIST
AS MY TREATMENT CONTINUES

I FIND MYSELF
WITH SHOE OR SOCK IN HAND
TEN MINUTES LATER
I STILL HAVE MY SOCK
OR SHOE IN MY HAND

MY PRAYER LIFE HAS UNDERGONE CHANGE TOO

FROM COMPLICATED PRAYERS
I FIND MYSELF REVERTING TO CHILDREN PRAYERS
THEY ARE SIMPLE
MORE SOOTHING PRAYERS

A PARAPHRASE
LIKE
BE NEAR ME LORD JESUS
I ASK THEE TO STAY
CLOSE BY MY BED
GUARD ME I PRAY
BLESS ALL THE CHILDREN
IN THY TENDER CARE
TAKE US TO HEAVEN
TO LIVE WITH YOU THERE

I’VE SPENT MANY YEARS
TRYING TO BISECT THE NEEDLE POINT
UPON WHICH ANGELS DANCE



BUT NOW I’M MORE COMFORTED
BY
JESUS LOVES ME
THIS I KNOW
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

HOW MANY THINGS BECOME DROSS
WHEN THE END IS NEAR

I TAKE COMFORT FROM THE QUOTE

I HAVE CARVED YOUR NAME
ON THE PALM OF MY HAND

IT IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME

I SHALL NEVER FORGET YOU


FRANK A VOLLMER