Drop the net, the catch, the boats
leave them moored, or adrift
leave family, home, safety, comfort
responsibility, life as you knew it
drop it like a cast off cloak, a shawl
step away from everything
Leave it all
and follow me
February 3, 2007 13:58
Luke 5:1-11, Mark 1:16-20, Matthew 4:18-22
one of two poems linked by the last line of this one
and the title of the next one And Follow Me
(Raymond A. Foss)
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