Convicted

Laura Jeu

 

Arms to the sky, the tops of the clouds unfold

And God in His wisdom sees my bare head.

Higher and higher, the height of intellect grows

Like trees ever in fear of toppling over on me.

If they crash onto me, their leaves will fall

As wounded tears from Creator’s earth.

My soul splits like the bark of a birch

And I know why God hid His face from me.