SEVENS
Seven Decades. I am seventy.
Seven Siblings. We navigated the nineteen-seventies together.
Seven years younger, was my mother than my father.
Seven years younger, was my father than his brother.
Seven generations ago, our ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War.
Seven Seas, so they say.
Seven fathoms equal 42 feet.
Seventeen and a half inches in a Hebrew cubit.
Seventh Day, stop work and rest. *
Seventh Year, forgive your debtors and free your slaves.**
Seventy-seven times, forgive each other, Jesus said.***
I find that the most difficult seven of all.
Irene M Paine, 2025
*Exodus 20: 9-11 **Deuteronomy 15: 1-2, 12-14 ***Matthew 18: 21-22