And how are they to proclaim him

unless they are sent? As it is written,

“How beautiful are the feet

of those who bring good news!”

– Romans 10:15

Beautiful feet (Romans 10:15)

Lauren J. Wrightsman

32,457 steps –  Beautiful feet

She walks in, mask on…

from room to room

         There are so many to help,

                                 to cure,

                                             her prayers fall silent now.

How many more steps?

Her day has just begun.

12,847 steps – Beautiful feet walk a trail

         The sunlight has just awoken from its rest.

         A sigh, a tug from the dog

         “Let’s see what’s up ahead” the owner says,

the dog pants in gratitude.

9,754 steps – Beautiful feet – restless

         What to do with this day?

867 steps – Beautiful feet walk from desk to table

         He bends from table

                 to desk,.

         How do you spell “life?” asks one

                 another leans in, listens,

                             “What are we learning today?”

The sun peaks in from the eastern window as their heads

         bend down as if in prayer.

555 steps – Beautiful feet make a meal

         Beans and rice

                 Cilantro freshly chopped.

                 A tortilla sits in the pan.

                         A sigh…

Did I do enough this day?

225 steps – Beautiful feet wade into water

         The pond

                 freshly melted,

                 frogs chirping out a melody

         “I wonder,” he asks to no one,

         “Do they know of our plight?”

110 steps – Beautiful feet walk from bed to window

         Five times they awaken on this day.

                 Hesitancy in their gait

                         “The world looks different today”…

57 steps – Beautiful feet stay still

         hesitant steps this day,

         Bed to bath, bath to bed

                 Footprints of air…

                     Let the world speak for me.

Beautiful feet – now laid to rest – let the silence speak

12 steps – Beautiful feet walk

   One in front of the other

   the space between couch and chair.

12 steps between stillness and life

         Momma’s voice calls her in words of praise,

                     as her toddler’s feet reach out

                                 hesitant

                                         unbalanced

                                                     new

                                 She falls. And then she gets back up.

                                             Laughter in her eyes.

Beautiful feet.