The head says: 	     I’m overwhelmed.
			             My thoughts are spiraling.
			             Logic is failing.

The lungs reply:	     Breathe, one inhale at a time.

The heart asks:	     How long, O Lord?
			            Why have You forsaken me?
			            Will You always be silent?

The eyes say:		    My tears have been my food.
			
The hands reply:	   Take my yoke that is easy.

The lips utter:		    I hunger.
	
The hands answer:	   Take this bread.

The back says:	    I ache.

The shoulders reply:   Place your burden upon me.

The arms echo:	   I will envelope you.

The fingers say:	   I will wipe every tear from your eyes.

The soul says:		   It is well.


 	Biography: 
 Christine Anderson (née Tran) is a civil rights paralegal and graduate student at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. She is the author of Birdsongs and Spring, Too, Returns. Her work has also been published in The Chicago Sun-Times and The Agape Review.