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Darlene Moore Berg's avatar

Been enjoying reading these again.

Rebecca Stultz's avatar

This nearly brings me to tears. Thank you, Tania, for evoking this:

Little One, my big surprise,

this was market day.

Could you hear

the muttering, see

the frowns, feel

the rudeness - all

still our unwelcome?

I stood straight,

saw their hearts,

spoke with gentleness,

smiled a good-bye,

stroked your kicks.

Little One, my big surprise,

Papa Joseph calls you

Yehoshua. I don’t

argue, I ache.

Isaiah’s bittersweet promise

is my sleepless

night, my day

pause. Forever, you

will be my

Little One.

Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you for your beautiful poem-comment!

Kim K. Roberts's avatar

Beautiful, just beautiful. And thank you for the intro to Mark Stucky!! 💙💙

Diane Frisone's avatar

I love these 💙

Katie Karnehm-Esh's avatar

So lovely and powerful.

Pam McCarty's avatar

Precious!!

DIANE STROUD's avatar

I can't get enough of the poems that Jesus shares with you! This one!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you, Diane!!! 🥰

Spirit Whispers by Mark Stucky's avatar

Having never carried a messiah inside me myself (or any human for that matter), thank you for helping me understand/feel a little of what it might have been like.

Tania Runyan's avatar

Thank you so much, Mark!

Brad Davis's avatar

These are beautiful, TR.