Bonnie Flaman
About this Christian Poet:
I live in Regina, Saskatchewan with my husband and four children who teach me more about love every day. Writing is more of a place I go to listen than an act of telling. It's there that I often hear the meaning God speaks into my life. My prayer is that His comfort would be spoken through the words I write.
There are people I've been blessed to know who have given me a closer look at the heart of God. This poem is about one of them. This is for Sam.
all day i've been holding this picture
i show it to ryan, he asks
to see it again, we marvel
almost cooing, the way we talk about our children
we gather, wanting a closer look
rebecca dances, feels better today, i wonder
if this is how much we always laugh, and i'd forgotten
nathanial mentions jesus wept
and i think, neat, if you'll forgive the expression
because i've been thinking about jesus' tears
and what it looks like to have a heart too full
and mine is
i look at this picture of you
reading my poem and weeping
Copyright©2003 by Bonnie Flaman