sabbath liberty

Harvey S. Mozolak

bondage to a back

eighteen years

with tendons tied

almost two decades

sinews sewn bowed 

a chunk of childhood

muscles muddled

or the wealth of youth

arthritis wrongness

or warped the choice of age

coiled crippling spirit

she

he 

we wanted to tie

and bind to a day

when he couldn’t loose

eternity on the present

healing at disease

salvation for the imprisoned

a crook in the week

the sabbath God

at work

watering the thirsty

tethered to time

like mangered beasts

Lectionary 21

Luke 13:10-17