MC New Year(nings)--1

I once thought
     my feet were shod
          with winged sandals:
               Olympian footwear
                    to help me soar
                         as a special person.

I now think
     my feet are shorn
          with iron nails:
               Golgothian footgear
                    to help me limp
                          as a common pierced-one.

Illuminated portrayal of Christ as an eagle, with body piercing.

Gospel of John, Book of Kells, Ireland, circa 800

Member Care and Doing Good IV

Now and Again--Again
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I once thought that my feet
were shod
with special ornate sandals.

Winged sandals to let me soar
as a special person.

But I was wrong.

Instead I learned that my feet
were shorn
with a common iron nail.

A wingless nail to help me limp
as a common person.

I am human not Hermes.

Pierced feet to follow the Pierced-One.
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Now and again.