if they x-rayed your soul would they see charred bones

scratched and marred by day to day living and the repetitious

dying – we all seem to die one inch at a time – breath out

breath in before you slip silently into the shadows  thinking

no one sees – no one cares

but you are wrong because your very life has been inscribed

in the heart of Christ and there is no place too dark for him

to go in search of the lost and wounded ones

he will not leave you alone

he will not turn away

your scars do not frighten him.

steve M.