ASHES TO ASHES
Sedona sculpture-artist unknown
Ash Wednesday- 1949
Church of the Holy Angels...
I'm six years old
kneeling before the altar
fingers rubbing my forehead
the priest whispers above me
ashes to ashes
dust to dust...
my small body trembles
Ash Wednesday- 2011...
Church of Red Earth
I'm sixty-something
kneeling in a crater
where lava once poured down.
I rub dirt on my forehead
find a potsherd
remember those
buried beneath me,
their bones
only red dust
on my jeans...
~ mimi
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