Like Satan in Job in need of a job,
testing the rest (at God’s request?),
every last link to see what gives
Tag Archives: doubt
Batter up
He wouldn’t swing,
he’d wait and watch.
Even outside balls
were inside to him.
He’d walk, but the
running was done
by the doubt that circled his eyes.
His pupils were islands
in a lake of tomorrow.
A bird flew through
the mind of Christ
and came in search of me.
I ducked in my hole
and peeked through the sticks
to see if he could see.
Utrecht Journal 