Psalm of Palms

Basically a free verse with some religious content

Names engraved upon the palms

Pal ms       scarred, marked deeply

Palms        lying flat, open, beckoning

Palms        giving

Palms        healing

 

Carrying life giving water

Holding all love and joy

Palms we     Shattered before us

Palms we     Crucified

Palms we     Spit upon every living day

Palms we     Despise unto death

 

Yet they still stay in wait

Palms still    opened to embrace us

Palms still    holding and delivering unto us life

Palms still    healing our hearts, minds and souls

Palms still    living for us

      Palms that etch

 the warning on the wall.