Oct 14, 2022
God said, “Look at that tree.” And I did...
In the morning God pulled me onto the porch, a rain-washed gray and brilliant shore. I sat in my orange pajamas and waited. God said, ‘Look at that tree.’ And I did…
And God put me down on the steps with my coffee and my cigarettes. And, although I still could not eat nor sleep, that evening and that morning were my first day back.
— Martha Serpas, from “As if There Were Only One” in Reflections, Issue Season: Spring Issue Year: 2011, Yale.edu (via Alive on All Channels)