Flint

~ Jason Kanz

I feel no connection
no presence
Like a man trying
to start a fire
with flint and steel
I see sparks
vanishing quickly
leaving no trace
of their existence
I strike the pieces
together again
desiring flame
but seeing only
darkness.

Published by Jason Kanz

I am a neuropsychologist at the Marshfield Clinic and author of Soil of the Divine (2017), Living in the Larger Story: The Christian Psychology of Larry Crabb (2019, editor), and Notes from the Upper Room: Lessons in Loving Like Jesus (2020).

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