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To Break a Promise

To Break a Promise

Make a place of prayer

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Jan 26, 2025
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To Break a Promise

(Cúnga Fheichin)
Make a place of prayer, no fuss now,
just lean into the white brilliance
and say what you needed to say
all along, nothing too much, words
as simple and as yours and as heard
as the birdsong above your head
or the river running gently beside
you.

Let your words join one to another
the way stone nest…

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