No Child left behind
A funeral
Breast cancer and 48
She was devoted
To her ministry
The knowledge that through Christ
She has eternal life, now welcomed by God
Who is my God?
Not hers
No child left behind
No God who demands
A single story
That is not the Beloved
Who holds my heart
Who then?
The Beloved who welcomes
All stories home
No punishment, then?
No
I have had enough of hell
My Beloved must welcome
The meanest creature
The weak, the widow, the orphan
Are easy for God to love
And some leave that to God
But even the angry
The selfish, the greedy
Evil too clings to life
Should they be sent to the hell
They imagine for others?
I hope that each person
Encounters the God of their hearts
And is welcomed
I hope that I meet
The Beloved who welcomes
Every size, shape, stripe and species
Every story of God
My Beloved welcomes all home