WATERMARK
(Matthew 16:21-28)
In being baptised,
we carry a watermark,
the sign of the cross.
The indelible,
invisible, perplexing,
sign of belonging.
By this mark we join
the great cloud of witnesses:
holy riff-raff, ‘saints’.
Daily following,
alone yet in company,
the way of Jesus.
Jeff Shrowder, 2020