“The LORD Is My Kelper” read by Marcia N. Lynch.
The LORD Is My Kelper
by Marcia N. Lynch
In my black wetsuit and fins
I entered a mustard forest,
Thousands of rubbery tongues
Were swaying with the current.
Never leaving their foothold,
Their roots on the sandy floor,
Bending in joyful surrender
To the will of their ocean home.
Drawn seaward then pulled shoreward,
Flowing in ceaseless prayer,
Echoing call and response,
They worshipped without a care.
As I floated among them,
Feeling the ebb and flow
I wished I had more elbows
So I could curl and fold —
Could dance in perfect unison
With them, and the will of Him
Who gave this ocean parable
To me, in my wetsuit and fins.
About the Poet
Once upon a time, Marcia N. Lynch was a children’s film editor, crafting live-action fairy tales for PBS. She and her husband of 40 years live in Arlington, Virginia, where one of her poems was chosen by the ArlingtonArts Moving Words competition to ride around on the local buses. She has just published her first book of poetry for children, available on Amazon, Dear Miss Tickle: Poetry and Art for the Young at Heart.
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