1997
Watching My Father Pass the Sacrament Because There Weren’t Enough Deacons
August 1997


“Watching My Father Pass the Sacrament Because There Weren’t Enough Deacons,” New Era, Aug. 1997, 24

Watching My Father Pass the Sacrament Because There Weren’t Enough Deacons

His hands

are not soft.

His face

is not clean

or clean shaven.

His hair sticks to his forehead

for the spring is still wet and mewling.

He does not look strong

as he gives me the bread.

He is not powerful

passing the water.

But his eyes

His eyes

have seen a private suffering

when the spring was still wet and

mewling

And I can rely on no better strength

than that.

Illustrated by Kim Mickelson

Photo by Rachel Gray

Photo by Elizabeth McPhie