Incarnation

by Angeline Schellenberg

Incarnation
by Angeline Schellenberg 
 
On the first evening
doors locked for fear
 
the voices in my head
took flesh and
appeared before me
to poke their flawless fingers
into my wounds. Why can’t you?
Why didn’t you? If only.
 
Jesus came and stood among them,
holes in his hands.

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Angeline Schellenberg is a Winnipeg writer, photographer, and contemplative spiritual director. She is the author of three poetry collections: Tell Them It Was Mozart (Brick, 2016) about raising autistic children, Fields of Light and Stone (UAP, 2020) in honour of her Mennonite heritage, and the newly launched Mondegreen Riffs (At Bay Press, 2024). AngelineSchellenberg.WordPress.com

“Spruce and Maple” by Tom Thomson, 1916.