POETRY                                                                                                                            

Nov 2017. Christian Journal for Global Health 4(3):102         
 

    Broken for You 

    Reena Georgea 

Touch life 

tenderly 

like seed 

cotyledons, 

with warm, safe 

Fatherly 

hands that 

deliver, 

embrace and 

set free. 

 

Heal life 

grace-fully 

like seed 

cotyledons 

that shed body 

and blood 

for striving, 

foothold-

seeking 

vulnerability. 

 

Surrender life 

trustfully 

like seed 

cotyledons, 

transformed 

in consecrating, 

the Sacrament 

of the present 

moment. 

 

Photograph by Manjithkaini.[CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-

sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons . A tamarind seedling in Kerala, India. [cited 2017 Oct 

20]. Available from 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/A_Tamarind_tree_seedling.jpg 

 

 
 

aCorrespondence: Reena George, MBBS, MD, MA (Christian Studies), Professor, Palliative Care/Radiation Oncology, 
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India reena.vellore@gmail.com   
 
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