Poetry

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Poetry for mental health

Scolded
Poetry

Scolded

Scolded Scolded Why did you do that?You gave it all awayYou broke a precious bottleShould have been kept for another day It could have been used To feed the poorIt could have been used To make me more What a wastePerfumed ointmentExtravagant gesture Death anointment It’s a gift of loveMoney […]

I want to know you Christ
Poetry

I want to know you Christ

I want to know you Christ I want to know you ChristAnd to make you knownI want to fall in your footprintsReap the harvest you have sown I want to noticeWhen you slip into the roomPresence of fragranceNo longer in a tomb I want to knowThe punctures in your skinMay […]

In my hiding place
Poetry

In my Hiding Place

In my hiding place You are a hiding place for me A large rock A small crevice My ant like self can find a home Deep within its bossom I follow the fissure I burrow in deep I hide my self in you Feathers fall at my feet Safe and […]

The orphan and the widow
Poetry

The orphan and the widow

  The orphan and the widow The orphan and the widow You provide for them both Both lost attachments You care for their growth You watch over strangers You care for the poor Prisoners locked up inside Need not worry anymore I secure my attachment I cling to the host […]

I remember the silence I remember the sounds Little dog ears Even there you are found
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I Remember

  I Remember I remember From this day The little gifts Left along the way I remember the silence I remember the sounds Little dog ears Even there you are found I add them all up When my mind starts to wander To places of fear Despondency bondage I’m growing […]

17th Century Nun’s Prayer Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and someday will be old.
Poetry

17th Century Nun’s Prayer

A 17th Century Nun Prayed ‘Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and someday will be old.’ Recently, I went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a small village here in New Zealand.  In 1892, Suzanne Aubert (better known as Mother Mary Joseph) established the congregation […]