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The Web Poetry Corner - Frank S Rickards - The Sign of Peace

The Sign of Peace

by

Frank S Rickards

'Let us offer each other
The sign of peace.'

Not too easy
If you are on your own
Way down the Gospel side
With the other worshippers
Light years away at the back.

So, of course I did nothing
Except smile a dry smile
To myself, for company
and consolation.

Then the heavy footsteps
Down the long aisle
And suddenly my hand was gripped
By a total stranger.

'Peace!' he said
'Abundant peace!'
And he rolled the bones
Of my hand round
Until they detonated
Like Chinese firecrackers.

'The same to you,' I said
rather lamely.

And then, by God's grace
He let my hand go.
It ached for the rest of the Mass.

So did my heart, a little.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at My Misery
by: Heather Young
from: Ingleside, TX, US

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