Tag: Blessing
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Light
When I was a child light shone angels through my fingerscrowning my parents’ faces,blessing the simple tasks of theirs: table setting, pouring water—how it lit the world in my upturned smileand flowed through as I grewand how it followed me homeand stayed, even in the dark.Light was the water, earth,reflecting off every animal, every street,…
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Christos
The beautiful things he made came back to him: the long tableof good wood built solid, true;the simple seatscarved even, joinedtogether perfectly right;the hung doors that swung cleanas he passed;even the crossbeamhe swayed from— his blessed creation.
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The Other Blessing Before the Curse
Before audaciously flying in the strangled gleaming of the last glory of extinct clouds rising I asked my soul what is the purpose of having the last thought of mankind or any dreams Oh Jinn give back the last of me stolen and not yours The Jinn replied they blessed you don’t you remember…