Categoria: ‘Poetry’

A Citizen of Heaven

1 de março, 2006


But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ… Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people… -Ephesians 2.13,19

I asked my mom to write a poem
For me to read to you today.
She didn’t think it could be done,
But as you see, I got my way.

“Who am I?” I’ve sometimes wondered,
When someone asks where I come from—
Looking at my brown-eyed father
Standing next to my blonde-haired mom.

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