Chairs Before Sunday Service

by The Devotional Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

Before the first hymn, we carry chairs from the hall. One leg wobbles. Someone finds folded paper and steadies it without comment. A child places pencils beside the prayer cards. The kettle begins in the kitchen. Church starts before worship: in lifted weight, in room made wider, in the quiet work that expects more people.
55 words · 13 lines · Free Verse
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