Old hands
Slight quiver
Flipping the old pages
Of a Bible that’s been read
Wrinkled hands
Aged from life
Flipping the wrinkled pages
Of a Bible that’s been read
Like a rhythm
His hand goes flipping
Like a glove that Bible fits his hand
It’s a Bible that’s been read
"I’m just an old man
Praying and painting"
He said
But more than that
A brother
Like a grandfather
Who knows his Bible
Because his Bible has been read
An ode to Jim