news of the death of a child

Source: John Pungente, SJ

(to be read both down and across)

 

the sky                 the colour of fish skin

before the winter storm          your gaze

smudges                               rushes with emotion

broken lines of birds                  damp down

gather                                            and grow formal

in the open grove                             to await

the first flurry                           that hymn of death

rises                                    from the earth

the ghosts of children               singing

in the wind                            cradle songs

numb                                    the senses

the heart                        blank

Monty Williams, SJ, works in the Spiritual Exercises ministry, is a lecturer at Regis College, Toronto, and is on staff at the Jesuit Communication Project, Toronto.

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