pray, I mean dance
I’m a sucker.
I’m a sucker for skin, yours, probably white or black or in between, how Jesus loves his little children. This is seen: the hunger, the bread and butter; how we fit in our jeans, the stitch, where the pockets land. The unseen, how tattoo ideas can drop into prayer like a hawk.
I’m a sucker for strings. On bad days, how my mind churns up past, but then the music, and I see the body, the skin on the raised hands, and it makes the unseen in me dance, slip my shoes off, feel the cold tiles. God is celebrated by suckers.
The creator puts Himself in us, makes us beat box. Even children do it. They hear the praise and know the demons flea. They move their hips like its sacred. Beat the table top, got the boom of fire, that holy.
We’ve got life. We’ve got Africa (Ireland?) in our hearts, Mongolian spots. We’ve generations behind us. Zion up ahead.
Pray, I mean dance, with us, church; so much hurts.
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Or just free write. It can be worship.
- October 18, 2011
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Seth
October 18, 2011dang, woman.
Jess
October 18, 2011This is really fun. And a beautiful video!!
Nancy
October 18, 2011Outstanding. "Pray, I mean dance, with us, church; so much hurts."
Joy
October 18, 2011what seth said. :D
my kids and I just danced like crazy, beat-boxing cellist- now they want to know if Uncle Garrett ( a cellist) will do it too. Tough goo of a day turned to spun laughter.
Linda
October 18, 2011WOW.
Erin
October 18, 2011With closed eyes, side grin, a wiggle in my shoulders, and good tears squeezing out
Elizabeth
October 18, 2011I can't say it enough. I love how you write, mama.
Erika
October 18, 2011When I grow up, I want to write just like you. Okay, that'll never happen because I'm "me" and you're "you". So, I guess I'm just sayin' that I like your words a whole lot.
Aimee
October 18, 2011Daggone. How do you keep doing that, over and over? Amazing. Beautiful. Thank you.
Elizabeth Esther
October 18, 2011This rocks. In so many, many ways.
(Did you mean "demons flea" or "demons flee"---either way, it works!) :)
Seth
October 19, 2011Now THAT'S funny.
Courtney
October 19, 2011This made me smile this morning! Such happy music! :)
Teri @ StumblingAroundInTheLight
October 19, 2011DANG! Excellent!!
Heather
October 20, 2011And if you can't dance no matter how much you want to? Oh to lose self-consciousness, but I've carried it close since infancy.
But I loved the thought. Kinda takes away the power of the darkness when you're singing, dancing, despite it.
And since I've wandered through here for a while now, I figured I should finally say something. Thanks for writing, I love to visit here!
diana trautwein
October 20, 2011AMAZING, amazing. Thank you, thank you.