Thursday, September 19, 2019

#BlogElul 19: Speak

Between God and Yette

God and my grandmother 
talked to one another 
She shared her life 
as if God was our neighbor
I remember one  day 
she spoke about her bunion 
and the place her shoe rubbed
her foot red raw 
She didn’t ask for any relief
or a pair of new shoes 
She spoke to God the
same way she talked
 to her friend Mrs Ruben
When the woman who lived
upstairs lost her husband 
my grandmother asked God
to keep an eye on her,
to keep her company
She understood loneliness
as a companion to the widow
When I asked her about her prayers
“ I don’t pray,” she said
“I just speak to God”




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