I Touched God Today

I Touched God Today

I touched God today.
She sat across from me in a chair,
despair on her face, dye in her hair,
An unborn child in her womb,

and her hopes in some forgotten tomb.
I touched God today.
He wore a baseball cap.
It was red, I think.
He had sad blue eyes and dingy blonde hair.
His wife had left, and he wondered…
Who cares?
I touched God today.
He smiled at me with a missing tooth.
He was nine years old and aloof.
In his jeans was a little hole, and
There were freckles on his nose.
I touched God today.
Many times, I’m sure.
At the school where I work,
On the street, in the department store.
Yes, I touched God today,
And tomorrow–
I’ll touch God some more.
“For as you have done it unto the least of these…you’ve done it unto me.”
By Darlene Campbell

(dedicated to Pastor LaVerne years ago)