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Out of Mourning
A tale out of season is as music in mourning.
- Ecclesiasticus 22:6

Mourners weep music
while the dead in Christ still sleep,

yet you clap your hands,
lean to me and then whisper

softly a story
that death has reminded you.

Your cat greets your hand,
walking to it, expecting

a customary,
yet firm touch to forget life.

But when you tell me
how your cat acts on his back

when your same hand comes
to him, I do not blame him

for the scratches on
your wrist. Instead I applaud,

make my way forward
to bless the bride of Christ with

a customary,
yet firm touch to forget life.

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