catapult magazine

Healing

by MJ Gallagher

Jesus Christ,
Let your kiss fall
First on my forehead,
And then on my still mouth.
Let me feel your lips, warm and alive
As the blood of my salvation
Circulates there.

Jesus Christ
Let me feel
The touch of your hands!
Take these shattered nerve endings-
Crushed raw and senseless by the
Inevitable grind of this turning earth-
Now, regeneration.

Jesus Christ,
Bridge all the gaps
In my synapses
Help me to remember Your Name
That I may call on Your Name
Again and again
And again.