Wanderlust
written by: Debra Elramey
@elramey
Grandmother Mittie eased away in her sleep
one dreamful night, slipped on out as quick
as a fish evading the capture, escaping the
hook. By morning, Grandfather awakened
to sudden shock. There was nothing wrong
with the woman. It just happened as fast
as the rapture. I wonder where she spends
her timeless days. With those Sunday
morning Methodists whom she joined to
sing His praise? Or does she speak in
tongues with those wild ones and ride on
the wings of the snow-white dove as she
did on Sunday evenings? Do the Baptists
still wash her feet at the midweek meetings,
then sit with their ‘swords’ upon their laps?
Do the young Mormon men in white
shirts and black ties who came to her
door to proselytize and gather in another
soul at harvest time now steer their bikes
down streets of gold?
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