Said Joseph to Mary

Said Joseph to Mary


Our son will need a profession.
Being an architect is good.
Such training would join eye to hand
for the practical good of all mankind.
Consider the world as a bridge of sorts,
joining opposite to opposite, making
all journeys possible. Let our son
be a bridge builder, making something
out of nothing come.

Said Mary to Joseph:
A bridge is a wondrous thing
if it brings a man closer to himself,
and yet…

Said Joseph to Mary:
And yet?

Said Mary to Joseph:
Forgive my ignorance.
It comes from the way a woman thinks.
Is the choice up to us?
Why not wait till he is older,
that we might ask him?
Thereby building
a bridge between him and ourselves.
Besides, I can’t help feeling
there are worlds more important
then what the eye alone sees.

Said Joseph to Mary:
Talk in a way a man can understand.

Said Mary to Joseph:
Are not the things we feel as important
as what we see? You speak of power
coming from knowledge in action.
Dear Joseph, what of wisdom of heart?

Said Joseph to Mary:
Pass the bread


Scott Malby

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