Rock Our World By Aida Bode

I wonder if Jesus ever thought of a rocking chair,
if he’d make one for his Father,
instead of the throne,

I wonder if he’d rock on it and if the world
would be different.

A calm God, going back and forth
enjoying the work of his only son
and deciding he mustn’t die
but make more chairs.

More chairs for all humans to sit,
some of their pets, too –
or all the pets, wild beasts and plants.

relaxing and swinging;

back and forth
back and forth

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Aida Bode is a writer, poet and translator from Korca, Albania. She’s the author of David and Bathsheba, a novel based on the Biblical story of King David and Bathsheba, the poetic collections True Cheese and Rated, as well as a quotes collection A Commuter’s Eye View. Her prose and poetry have been published and are forthcoming in The River Muse, Dr. Hurley’s Snake Oil Cure, Vayavya, Oddball Magazine, Boston Poetry Magazine, Yellow Chair Review and more, as well as in multiple Albanian media sources outside and inside the country. Aida Bode is pursuing her MFA in creative fiction at SNHU.