the wake

“You have turned my mourning into dancing;
    you have taken off my sackcloth
    and clothed me with joy,”  Psalm 30:11

at the wake,

you see me standing

against the wall, and

taking me by the hand,

lead me out on the floor,

to teach me joy’s jig,

draping your shawl of grace

over my weeping heart

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman