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Giving Blood (Mosiah 3:7; Mosiah 4:2)
Title | Giving Blood (Mosiah 3:7; Mosiah 4:2) |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Anderson, Sharon Price |
Book Title | The Glory of the Son |
Pagination | 133 |
Publisher | Time Lines Etc. |
City | Orem, UT |
Keywords | Atonement; Garden of Gethsemane; Poetry |
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Giving Blood
Reclining here in
sterile comfort,
I squeeze the foam block
that fits neatly in the palm
of my hand and watch the
bag at the end of the red
tube begin to bulge.
In a few minutes,
I’ll be offered juice
and cookies. Tomorrow
I won’t even notice
the tiny bruise on my arm.
But here, I remember
my mother and consider
her bed of pain and sacrifice
the day I was born.
I think about those whose
life fluid flowed for freedom
onto muddy battlefields,
the wounded who still limp
when the weather is damp
and their buddies
who ate their last rationed
meal in cold trenches.
I picture a garden and hill
where, in atoning agony,
Another’s blood was
also spilled for me.
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Bibliographic Citation
Giving Blood (Mosiah 3:7; Mosiah 4:2)." In The Glory of the Son, 133. Orem, UT: Time Lines Etc., 2019. "
Scripture Reference
Mosiah 3:7
Mosiah 4:2
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