His old leather bible
has a tear in the cover
and wrinkles and scratches
like his weathered hands
and I wonder how much
wearing and tearing
it takes to break down a man
to the point where a book
becomes his beginning and end
With his nose to the tablet
always grinding through versus
pointing out sins
and all of God's curses
Through all of his notes on the page
He missed the greatest message
the creator ever gave
Love is what saves
About the Creator
Ellie Hoovs
Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.
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