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    Reverend James Encinas
    May 08, 2020

    A Table of Gratitude by James Encinas

    in Community Healing

    Looking out the window

    the only sound

    I hear is the hum

    of the Pellet stove

    that warms the room.


    Amidst and amongst

    those at the table

    faces of folks

    at war with themselves


    for so many years

    that they had forgotten

    why


    heavy their burdens

    hard to carry


    no one able

    or willing

    to lift a finger

    to help


    but if you

    listen

    carefully

    to the

    moments

    within

    the

    silence


    you hear them

    one

    by

    one

    utter

    little bits

    of

    gratitude


    for

    family

    God

    the tender caress of kindness

    sobriety

    life

    death


    Looking out the window

    the only sound

    I hear is the hum

    of the Pellet stove

    that warms the room

    On the other

    side

    of the window


    rests

    a barren

    snow covered

    terrain


    its naked trees

    immovable

    and

    still


    a

    brown

    leaf

    floats

    to the ground


    I ponder


    who have you touched

    on your way

    through life?


    who's life

    has touched you?

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