Born Again

Born Again, photo by ۞DLB۞, from Flickr here

From the Born Inside Us Prompt from Tweetspeak’s Every Day Poems: “What is waiting to be born inside you today? Perhaps give it birth in a poem.”

“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” –1 Peter 1:23

Born Again

Healing emerged

From within

Born from inside

Letting new life begin

© March 15, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

This poem was submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. To see more poems submitted to Open Link Night, please visit the site here. The links will be live at 2 p.m. Central time on Tuesday. Check “Mr. Linky” for this week’s poems.

Too Old to Hula

Photo from Tweetspeak Poetry

Too Old to Hula

No poems of pink

Hula Hoops

Smiling faces

Turn to frown droops

Life drags

And the body sags

Joy stolen—an age grab

Color turns drab

From fun to “fab”

Too old to Hula

Inner child needs a Doula

© January 17, 2013, Robbie Pruitt

Born From Death’s Scorn

Seed, photo by the yes man, from Flickr

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” –John 12:24

"What shape waits in the seed of you?" –David Whyte

Born From Death’s Scorn

What longs to be born from the seed?

What shape waits in the seed of you?

What will emerge from the soil?

What will break through?

“Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies . . .”

We will never see resurrection with these eyes.

© March 28, 2013, Robbie Pruitt