Sunday, June 30, 2019

WINTER SONG




WINTER SONG

Out of stillness deep as sunken stone
light comprehends the night’s intended drift:
clear stars that find their certitude alone
strike glory from the planets till the after-image
widens to the stirred pool’s rim.
Oh lightly rides the heavens’ weight
(as Spirit broods and starbirds skim)
where waters sing under their burden of delight
the Virgin Mother’s flowering.

Sister M Gilbert SNJM
Commonweal.  29 December 1961

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