Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A Shaker Chair

This chair stands light and slender, yet strong,

Balanced by an angel’s hand,

It could dance like a ballerina.

The hands that made this

Knew the feel of rightness,

Fashioning a prayer

For the world.

When they danced

Their bodies trembled as He came,

The Holy Spirit fired their cells

With frenzy, made their eyes

Start from their sockets.

On polished pine floors

They moved as one,

In perfect unison,

With graceful steps

And voices raised in song,

Gathering and sharing blessings.

They worked as if

They had a thousand years to live,

And as if they were to die that very day.

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