John A. Mills
Simplicity
I greet you with a hello.
You have not a word...
You just reach out to my hands
And grasp them.
That's all.
That's all the words we need:
Just the human touch
Become divine.
Some would say you are reduced
to just that.
But you are released
to just be
And take comfort in simple hands.
Bio
John A. Mills is an ordained minister and endorsed chaplain in the United Church of Christ and an Associate Chaplain in the Association of Professional Chaplains. Rev. Mills is currently a hospice chaplain in New Jersey. His poetry has been published in various anthologies, including Hidden Roots, In Just One Day, To Taste Life, Catch the Moment all published by Penhaligon Page Ltd., and America At The Millennium, published by the International Library of Poetry. He has also published two poetry books at http://lulu.com: Living Faerie: Looking for the Green Man, an anthology of poetry and original art exploring the realm of faerie, and Mammon: A Poem In Three Acts, a poem-play about the current economic crisis. He has also composed a variety of poetry available at http://johnamills.com