What Jesus Said

"Thoughts of Jesus" by Paulette Stobinske


What Jesus Said


The wind blows where it likes:
that is what everyone is like
who is born from the wind.
Oh now it’s getting serious.
We are the ones
Born from the wind
that blows along the plains
And over the sea where
no one has a home.
And that Upsetting Rabbi,
didn’t he say:
“Take nothing with you,
no blanket, no bread.
When evening comes,
sleep wherever you are.
And if the owners say no,
shake out the dust
From your sandals;
leave the dust on their doorstep.”
Don’t hope for what will never come.
Give up hope,
Dear friends, the joists of life
are laid on the winds.



Robert Bly

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