reading between the lives and writing between the lines, LXIII
clean-shaven
in a white cassock edged with lace
this old priest
offers the Easter Prayer ...
a changed man screams in silence
FYI: The main theme of various Easter Prayers offered by the denominations of Christianity is about this joyous time of year that brings peace and hope to the followers of "Jesus/the Risen Lord."
For example,
We praise you in this Easter season. Change our lives, change our hearts to be messengers of Easter joy and hope. We make our prayer through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord forever. Amen.
And this tanka is a sequel to the following one written for a residential school survivor
alone, she stares
through a half-open door ...
the EXIT sign
lights the priest's face
and a naked boy, bent over
Added: reading between the lives and writing between the lines, LXIV
the priest raises God
in his trembling fingers ...
this God as light
as a wafer on my tongue, yet
as heavy as a rock on my heart
FYI: This tanka is a prequel to my tanka below:
unshackled
from my childhood beliefs
I'm a passing thought
in the mind of God
who forsook his son on the cross
Bulgarian and English Tanka Handbook (edited by Dimitar Anakiev), 2022
Added: No More Fairy Tales, XII
5000-mile-wide
blob of seaweed on the move
dark, darker stratus clouds
FYI: CNN News, March 16 2023: A 5,000-mile-wide blob of seaweed is headed for Florida, threatening tourism across the Caribbean
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, a 5,000-mile-long belt of seaweed weighing more than 11 million tons, is threatening to wreak havoc in the coastal waters and beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. It's so big that it can be seen from space, spanning the tropical Atlantic from West Africa to the Caribbean.
Added:
alone and sandwiched
between Trump fans and foes
reunion buffet
