God's work of healing & wholeness

Just discovered this poem in the black history section of the Indiana State Museum, and though it doesn't speak specifically of God, it struck me as being a beautiful expression of what God in His power can do in and for broken people in community...and I love the images and rhythm of her writing.

Celebration

by Mari Evans

I will bring you a whole person

and you will bring me a whole person

and we will have us twice as much

of love and everything...

I be bringing a whole heart

and while it do have nicks and

dents and scars,

that only make me lay it down

more careful-like...

An' you be bringing a whole heart

a little chipped and rusty an'

sometimes skip a beat but

still in all you bringing polish too

and look like you intend

to make it shine

And we be bringing, each of us

the music of our selves to wrap

the other in

forgiving clarities

soft as a choir's last

lingering note, our

personal blend

I will bring you someone whole

and you will bring me someone whole

and we be twice as strong

and we be twice as sure

and we will have twice as much

of love

and everything...