Words of Art – Day 42 – Prayers Gathering Dust

Prayers Gathering Dust

Lonely Marionette hangs
Suspended above the earth
Across the room from Christ
Hanging on His cross.
He has prayed to this Christ
For many years,
But nothing has changed.
He hangs too far away
To see his prayers
Gathering dust
On Christ’s thorny crown.

Roy W. Backes
© 1994