He said in reply, “I tell you,
if they keep silent,
the stones will cry out!” (Gospel)
Pater Noster
1
A passion
to
set teeth
on
edge that
hunger
to
embrace
caused
what stands
create
2
his bloody
death
a reminder
a voice
without words
the proof
and changes
of
season
to
underline
what is easier
denied
than endured
3
he has muted
his
heartbeat
dispersed it
in
bird and wood
marrow of stone
the sun’s secret
colors
reflected in rainbows
and
all that it warms