Hashtag Lazarus

On days when
#FacebookIsToxic –
those are the days
to #WritePoetry.
Go ahead.
#Hashtag the hell
out of #inspiration,
#art, and #TheCreative.
Use whatever
#MetaphorWorks.
Breathe #life back into
a dead thing
gone wrong.

#Lazarus didn’t rise
because #JesusHealedHim.
He sat up in a stony tomb,
peeled away his gritty bandages,
felt the new, smooth skin of his arms,
stood, pushed away the necropolis
locking him in,
squinted up at the light,
and inhaled.

What if #Jesus was poetry?
What if you were?

#KatherinesCoffeehouse

Katherine Gotthardt

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt is an award-winning poet and author seeking meaning, peace and joy and hoping to share it where she can.
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