Michael Stalcup
The Wound
I have seen the wound of a people
Stretched wide
And the honored physicians
Shaking their heads
In disgust
That they would even be invited
To stoop down
To consider
To enter in
To believe
Offended at the mere suggestion
That the messy truth
Is worth more
Than their frail
Power
Michael Stalcup is a Thai-American missionary working with college students in Bangkok, Thailand, where he lives with his wife and three children. His poems have appeared in Inheritance Magazine, Poets Reading the News, and Faithfully Magazine. You can find him at his website michaelstalcup.blogspot.com or on Twitter @stalcupojoy.
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