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Moon Sliver I

Moon Sliver I

The crescent moon

hangs silently

in the winter sky—

the sliver of moon

with bright starry eye.

©️December 9, 2021, Robbie Pruitt

Photo by Michael Starkie, from Unsplash. More photography can be found here: https://unsplash.com/photos/f_BLDYiL5JA

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Ten Lepers

Ten lepers

wandering the land

begging and bleeding

with outstretched hand.

Ten lepers

one a stranger—

nine a promised people

—living in a strange land.

Ten lepers

crying out for healing

for grace and mercy

in God’s dealing.

Ten lepers

seeking Jesus

in their desperate need

“Have mercy on us!”, they plead.

Ten lepers

heard, healed, and restored

and only one foreigner returned

to thank his Lord.

©️November 25, 2021, Robbie Pruitt

“Then Jesus answered, ‘Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’ And he said to him, ‘Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.’” (Luke 17:17-19, ESV).

James Tissot - The Healing of Ten Lepers (Guérison de dix lépreux) - Brooklyn Museum

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Sea Dunes

Sea Dunes

The wind-swept dunes

witness the waters

as they swell and recede.

The shoreline changing

with the tide and the wind

and there it begins again.

The sea grasses sway

with the gentle breezes

in the calm of the day.

The ocean’s vast expanse

having its own way

as streams of sunlight

pierce the sky blue-gray.

The children run and laugh—

they splash and shriek as they play—

being changed beneath the sun’s rays.

The sea dunes shift and listen

as the sunlight glistens

off the waters of the ocean

—as all of life is in motion.

©️November 13, 2021, Robbie Pruitt

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Blood Red

Blood Red

The sun set in blood red

reflecting off the glassy pond

blood red sky at sunset

—clouds in blood red

reflecting like bloodshed

the sky upon the pond

bridging the waters

with the blood red sky beyond.

©️Robbie Pruitt, November 6, 2021

“Thus says the Lord, ‘By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.’” (Exodus 7:17, ESV).