To My New Friends

To My New Friends

(from an MK)

By Hannah Mathews

There is not enough time.

There is never enough time.

From the moment we meet

I am thinking of the end; maybe

because I have done this before.

I’ve done this too many times before

and every ending is too soon so

there are two choices in response to that truth:

courage or cowardice, love or fear,

connection or solitude.

I have never claimed to be courageous,

but I’m trying.

Dear God I’m trying and it’s harder

than I thought it would be…

There is not going to be enough time

for me to love you in

and the coward in me says don’t try

but the image of God in my soul

says otherwise.

So I’m trying.

Hannah grew up in Ghana and the USA, and as an adult has traveled the world. She currently manages CulTuremiKs, a website for TCK art. www.culturemiks.com