August 30, 2024 – A

The Relic 03 — Down East North Carolina
Did someone leave it here
and walk away?
Did it drift in pushed
by some long forgotten hurricane?

I want to know all of the stories!
Of every thing,
every animal,
every person
that ever has been and will be.

That's what I'm going to spend heaven doing.
Forget angelic choirs,
praise and glory.
I'm bored just writing the words.

I want to know the stories!
If there is no place for stories in heaven,
I am going to hell,
because heaven without stories would be hell,
and maybe hell has stories,
and some really good ones at that!
Making it heaven for me forever!

Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

One thought on “August 30, 2024 – A

  1. There is a beauty in this abandoned boat, with grass growing through it, showing how everything- (given some time, and lack of human interference) continues to remain, and visibly resumes to display itself, as an integral part of Nature!

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