time to pause
to reflect
to remember

we are dust
to dust
we shall return

but not
just dust
beloved dust
dust of stars
dust holding
Imago Dei

to be dust
is not what
once was believed
unworthy
sinful from birth
beyond hope
cause of a son's death

we are dust
to dust
we shall return

dust of creation
dust breathed
into life
dust given hands
and feet
dust declared
very good
dust that birthed
the incarnate one