THE TOUCH (Uncover These Wounds)
I have fallen in a heap Of stones on the beach At the quieting of the evening Waters gathered up As milk in a basin In the crook of a mother's arm A place to uncover wounds Wounds heavily bandaged Wounds un-nameable Wounds that I protect From touch for fear Of further pain too much For me to bear Uncover these wounds For I have run out of options Every treatment tried I am hemorrhaging And have not even strength To touch the hem of Christ But let The Touch come upon The waiting of the open sore That I have become I can do no more than wait now (Killiney Beach August 29, 2013)