Salvatrix Mundi
It’s hard to be Jesus
with the housework to do
and the world to care for
all on her own.
She’s stopped going to bed.
Once the ironing’s done
she’ll nod off in her chair.
She wakes up about four
alert for earthquakes
or floods.
She tells you it’s worse
since you went off to college.
There’s no-one who’ll listen
to what’s on her mind
and the radio won’t stop
yammering.
This is serious she says
because lives are at stake.
Your dad thinks I’m nuts.
Tell him I’m not.
Sharon Phillips started writing poems when she retired from her career in education. Since then, her work has appeared in many print and online journals and anthologies. She lives in Otley, West Yorkshire.