Sister Mary-Anne's in love
In the
gathering of synapses-suffering
the giggle escapes and drifts from the
youngest novice nun - floats into the gap in regard
for the
serious breach of virtue sung by
Sister Mary-Anne
Sister Mary-Anne
Flushed and penitent she rhapsodizes, as they sit still in their ironed habits
under the
falling chestnut blossoms listening
with compassion, leaning toward undoing - trying to lessen the
precipitant choice of
young blood to close the gap
once again in her cycle of devotion
Yet, the unbidden giggle
travels - bouncing amid their suffering
back to plain clothed Sister Anne, who smiles gratefully as she
thinks of the child that she and former Brother Francis-now plain Frank
might one
soon-to-come-day–create
together,
together,
in marriage
in
love
in forgiveness
in forgiveness
perhaps with chestnut blossoms in her flowing hair
One never knows where the wordle will take you? One of my favorite things about the wordle....
ReplyDeleteI guess life doesn't always go as we plan!
ReplyDeleteI love the story this told!
ReplyDeleteThat last image is simply gorgeous..
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling because I knew a priest many years ago, who fell in love with a divorced woman with two young children. Father Craig became plain old Craig--and a champion of his new family!
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I met an ex-nun once. It's hard to reconcile in my head but not my heart. Well done, Pearl.
ReplyDeleteWow! Now there's a story!!!! Loved it.
ReplyDeletewonderful story told...with this poem...
ReplyDeleteI love how we both "got thee to a nunnery" with vastly (or maybe not so vastly) different takes on the same words. I think we've talked about Barbara Coloroso before (the educator?) -- I wondered if you knew at one time she was a Franciscan nun? Lovely poem Pearl.
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ReplyDeleteMeant to leave you a link...
There surely is no shame in deciding that an alternative course should be taken in life. Either way can be just as difficult and just as rewarding and just as important.
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