breaking bread
the ritual
of breaking bread
he wonders
as he glances along the table
relatives
dear ones
not so dear
no
some not so dear
at all
talk and talk and eat
and
pass the salt along
the wine
ha ha
a merry jest
ha ha
so
humorous
everyone
at table
and all of them
breaking bread
he wonders
will he see them
again
he wonders
does he hope to
he has nothing
in common
with these breakers of bread
but the ritual
the occasion
the
affirmation
of breaking bread
just once a year
he breaks his bread
and glances
along the table
and wonders
if he still belongs
here
with these
to break this bread
~
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Author:
Frank Prem (
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Comments6
Breaking bread with the family at this time is important and my heal rifts within the family.
Merry Christmas GF. Hope it's a grand one.
Good write. Echoes of 'The Last Supper' here Frank. One was 'not so dear', the bad apple of the bunch, etc, yet Judas was chosen along with the others. A mystery.
A mystery repeated annually, O. Hope you have a grand Chrissy.
I've broken bread in the past - still working out how to repair it - great write Frank.
Oh crumbs, is, I think, the correct expression. Merry Christmas, Michael.
Off the top of my loaf I think it is - and merry Christmas to you too Frank.
If the bread is broken, make crumbs for the birds to enjoy. Great write Frank. Merry Christmas.
Thank you AP. I hope your Festivities are wonderful. All the best.
HI FRANK ~ "Breaking Bread" on Christmas Day with Family & Friends is something I have enjoyed for the past 33 years and will again tomorrow ! It seems a rather elaborate feast to celebrate the humble birth of JESUS over 2000 years ago ! However I guess we are celebrating who JESUS is "The Son of God" and not the sociological circumstances of His birth ! I will be at my Mum's with about 20 others ! We will have all attended Church and are all very moderate drinkers so all will run smoothly. The occasions when I most the presence of Jesus ~ Have been with the Residents of a YMCA (When I was a Trustee) and also helping to serve the Homeless & Lonely at the local Salvation Army ~ AMEN ~ Yours BRIAN
Merry Christmas, Brian.
I know that feeling, Frank. Well scribed!
Thanks Louis. Merry Christmas to you.
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