NEW CLOTHING

BY

Laura Lee Christian

Buds on branches
yet uncovered
after suffering through
winter storms
soon you will be covered
with envious beauty
as distinguished as a
covering of silk
in an oriental land
against a background of blue sky
you will make a scene
for any artist
to find inspiration
and seeds of thought and imagery
for a picture
so don't concern yourselves
with your uncovered limbs,
just wait a little longer
for in your limbs is surging a liquid
full of life
that will bring you leaves and blossoms
and change your appearance
from looking scrawny and helpless
to fullness, billowing and elegant
how so to teach us that we will be
newly clothed
in new bodies
at the resurrection
of the just.
