Reach for Me

A Poem about reaching for Jesus and healing

Encounter by Daniel Cariola.

To Larry, in appreciation of the handmade pen, from which this poem was written.

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“If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well.”

Matthew 9:21

Reach for Me
After Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Tell me what ails you—
those hidden wounds upon 
your heart, those conditions 
incurable, the tension
of holding it all
together.

Reach for me.

I walk down tired roads.
I sit at tables with image-bearing disasters.

Touch the hem
of my cloak—
healing follows me
everywhere.

I look for very little
and very much: 
weak bodies, broken spirits, 
and strong faith.

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