matthew 11:28-30 by Hamish Petersen

28:



Job.
He wrote, �Why did I not perish at birth?�

�Why
is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter

of
soul?�

and
I ask why He gave me breath and life.

�But
man dies and is laid low�

�At
least there is hope for a tree�



29:



Tell
me about light and life.

The
same light that hides

That
light seen but not touched

and
like punching under water

leaves
a thirst.

'Imagine a Woman Behind Razor Wire, Glimpsed' by James Owens, with art by Cheryl Dodds

Railroad Diary, Istanbul 2012 -- by Cheryl Dodds


1.

A long time ago, when we lived in the sky�.

2.

But no, we never lived in the sky.We invented that because of pain,because desire tortures even the dirt and stones into division,into definition fracture power solitude wall razor wire.

3.

(But pleasure is also real. Joy is real. One autumn day, my wifeclimbed a fence and stole from a