Beloved Scoundrels In Love

Poem for July 26, 2020

Pentecost 8 A, Proper 12-A

“So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.” (Genesis 29:20)

Beloved Scoundrels In Love

Jacob, beloved scoundrel, fell into love,

prefiguring Einstein's collapsing of time,

where it had no real meaning; to climb

another ladder, being with heart's dove.

I think how the thirty plus years together,

have been spent like a drunkard's spree,

in that holy space between her and me,

drinking in moments; more the better!

When we met, weren't close to young,

but pretended that we had all the time

we could possibly use, up the ladders

which we're given to climb each rung.

Now, we are older, each rung is harder,

and yet time hasn't dimmed that ardor.