Tuesday, October 11, 2011

LECCETO


Tucked into the Tuscan hills:
cradle of the Augustinian movement;
now an enclosed community of nuns.

through the leaves
the sisters'
prayers

They greet us with such joyous smiles,
enhancing the encompassing silence, making every movement an insinuation of God’s presence.

her childlike hands
wrapping my rosary
...ten knots


Their infectious happiness (witness Sr. Guerrini's modern-day cartoons).


drenched in laughter:
the flowers
they tend


Eventually, as they return to prayer  (their work in, and for, The World)
they sneak a quick( and perhaps pitying) smile through the latticed screen as we leave.


compline  -
shining stars
in the dark vale/veil

1 comment:

Magyar said...

Aaaah yes!
__Peace is where you find it, especially when your (their) desire is your (their) only compulsion.
__Understood and lovely, John. _m