Wednesday, March 9, 2022

through the body

 

 


 

Our weaknesses are the way to God
 
Tell me why it is through the body
 
through torment of the body you speak to the spirit
 
why through leprosy fever deafness
 
You are a healer and not a priest
 
you take in your hands the head of the dying
 
from one lump you bring forth new life 
 
like bread you multiply the body
 
You come through bodies not through sunsets
 
and the hard strong hand of blood and flesh
 
holds in the palm like a sparrow
 
the muscle of the human heart
 
 
 
 
~ Anna Kamienska
from Astonishments
 
 
 
 

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