Published on: December 5th, 2006
Coming Leaving Coming
A poem by Joan Bond
In swaddling clothes
with stable scent
He came to earth
through tear of flesh
trace of blood
his mother’s twist of pain
In swaddling garments
with spice scent
He left the earth
through tear of flesh
trace of blood
his Father’s twist of pain
Clothed in clouds
with heaven’s scent
He will come again
with tear of lightning
trace of scars
his triumphal end of pain
Joan Bond
[Reprinted from Student Leadership journal, Winter 1996]
