Peace be with you all.
I will confess,
I have made palm crosses
from
Palm Sunday palms
every year of my life
since learning how to
in
Kindergarten
Some years
youngsters
in
adjacent pews
are focused on how
this happens.
I quietly
take their palms
make them into crosses
and send them back
to smiling faces
On very blessed years
I spend the majority of the mass
crafting palms
for those
who quietly pass me their palms
smiling hopefully
this
spreads joy for most
but earns me
glaring disapproval
from others
I will confess
I do not enjoy
what I call
the mob mentality masses
I cannot speak
the parts
of the crowd
thirsty for evil
calling out,
"Crucify Him!"
Instead
of speaking horrors
I hang my head
praying intently
for
beauty
in human spirits
and
I craft crosses
