Too Young

by Annette Woodruff

They say Mary was young.

I don’t think of her as the mature Madonna

The artists show,

But a young girl

With the light of that star shining in her eyes.

And Joseph Smith

Was just another poor farm boy—

He probably felt awkward in their fancy churches,

But he prayed, too.

Maybe

Too young to be important

Is just a state of mind.

Photo by Julia Harris