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Ash Wednesday
We are dust–
cosmic remnant of stars,
soot glistening in the sunlight,
embers flickering warmth,
dark fertile soil.
We are stuff that matters,
one, with all our relations,
as common and extraordinary
as is the Earth.
Creator, we are dust,
and to You–our home–we shall return.
Amen.
Words: Jennifer Henry
2021
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