Quarantine + Communion
A poem about communion
Written by Eugene Scott
Unexpected sanctuary
Furnished with forks and knives
Cupboard doors hanging open
Wait, expectant like our lives
Worship amid the shambles
Quarantined disciples crowd
Pixeled faces, voices muted
Witnesses in the great cloud
Kitchen counter strewn with love
Butter melted on plain plate
Faucet dribbles glistening drop
Bread crumbs scattered like God’s grace
Salt shakers, dirty dishes
Communion wine, loaves and fishes
Our feeble cries, Jesus multiplies
His mysterious Presence
Worship amid the shambles
Bread broken and incarnated
Embodied wine apportioned
Our isolation now frustrated
Eugene Scott is a pastor at St. James Presbyterian Church in Littleton, CO. More of his writings can be found at eugenecscott.com.
