Holy Sabbath – Thin Me

Remember the Sabbath day…

Some things are handed to me
without strings attached – well –
except for the bright, shiny ribbons
that my ego,
my self-worth,
my hunger for affirmation,
conjure from the fog of nothing.
They tie me to distractions
that need not exist
and make me thin.
A Gift is a gift
but only when I receive it as it is.

…to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)