“Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
(Gospel)
Imagined walls
projected fences
fear-built barriers
my mind created
between you
and me
and now I
act as if they
really are there
forgive me
I knew not
what my mind
was doing
until I listened
to my heart
J. Janda
J. Janda’s poems have appeared in newspapers,
magazines, anthologies, and literary publications, as well as in
books of his own poetry.
Copyright © 2000, J. Janda
The present poem
comes from the Janda's book, In Embrace.
Art by Martin Erspamer, OSB
from
Religious Clip Art for the Liturgical Year (A, B, and
C). This art may be reproduced only by parishes who purchase the
collection in book or CD-ROM form. For more information go
http://www.ltp.org
