The Pastor's Wife Poem by Chris Zachariou

Each day the pastor wakes at dawn
when the world is pure and clean.
In the sleepy glow of sunrise
he looks with love at his young bride
and listens to her gentle breathing.

But he knows his work is to redeem
his soul and to save the souls of others.
He kisses her softly on the cheek
and every day like before, he goes out
to the world to do the work of God.

In times of sadness and in times joy
his faithful and chaste wife
always stands beside the pastor
her loving shepherd and her lord.

But each night in her lonely hour
she clasps her hands in humble prayer
and begs Him to remind the pastor
that her flesh and soul are sisters
and when the flesh is starved of loving
her love-starved soul goes hungry too.