Lent – Diana Elizabeth Carroll

Forgiveness

Doing laundry
is not an event.
It is a cycle.
Like menstruation.
Or the rising
and falling
of tides.
Or the gradual lengthening
and shortening
of days…

But Lent

I would love to become
the kind of person
who makes sure the dishes
are done
every night
so she can wake up
in the morning
to the peaceful welcome
of a clean kitchen…