Table
I was one of the uninvited.
Improper, dirty
underdressed, sweaty
from a day of labor
and forgetting.
I knew the thing was happening
as a distant pleasure, a high joy,
not for me.
And then the servant scurrying
along the road, grabbing
my sleeve.
“Come. Hurry. It’s starting.”
In the corner now, I gape.
The table is heaped with the unimaginable.
Celebrants crowding round,
light like laughter,
joy pulling like a lover’s hand.
I look down at my
dull shoes.
I wait to
disappear.
A voice speaks.
My name.
I shrink inward but still
I see him beckoning.
“Come. Sit
here, with me.”
I shake my head.
Absurd.
Of course not. This place
is not for me, was never meant
for me.
I was never meant
to be here.
He laughs.
He rises, comes,
takes my hand,
tugs me like a child.
“Did you think I didn’t know
you were coming
all along?
Did you think I didn’t
want you?
Look, just here.
Your name, carved.
I have been waiting.
This place was meant for you.”
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This is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Found your post thought the Five Minute Friday Linkup!
Keep writing!
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Thank you for reading, Hannah!
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Beautiful!
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Love this, and really like the picture-metaphor of a special chair, unique to each celebrant.
Your words, and a really savage attack of chest pain just before I read them, led to this…I hope you like it.
He has prepared a place for me
upon this dark and bloody ground
where every vicious enemy
is gathered coldly ’round.
He is the author of the feast
in this place where arrows fly;
while at close hand there roars the Beast
He will not let me die,
for He chose His life as forfeit,
He took my sin upon His head;
He became, yes, my Knight Parfit
and for me, rose from the dead
that in the seed His blood had sown
I truly might become His own.
#1 at FMF this week.
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Wow, I love this word of truth borne through suffering. Blessings on you today. May you be filled with His hope and peace.
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I am so glad to know that a place at the table is reserved – with my name on it!!
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Ohhh I want to make this me… the uninvited: what a perfect way to wrap this around the Table. You reached me. God bless you… He knew I needed that invite.
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