Pinned between Your blades

This is not about Abraham
and the way his wrist twisted
and hand shook from
clenching the knife.
This is not about Jonah
or the whale, or the green
vine that withered in the blaze
of sun.
And this is not about the time
Peter denied, Judas committed
suicide, or when Your body
was broken-- like the bread.
This may be about the Babylonian
captivity, or the manna
that fell from the sky, or
when Jezebel was devoured
by dogs. It might be about things
that knock the wind out and hold
the hand with comfort
at the same time.