Priez pour paix

Priez pour paix

Douce Vierge Marie,

Reine des cieux et du monde maîtresse,

Faites prier, par votre courtoisie,

Saints et Saints, et prenez votre adresse

Vers votre Fils, requérant sa Hautesse

Qu’il lui plaise son peuple regarder,

Que de son song a voulu racheter,

En déboutant guerre qui tout dévoie.

De prières ne vous vueillez lasser.

Priez pour paix, priez pour paix,

Le vrai trésor de joie.

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Pray for peace

Gentle Virgin Mary,

Queen of the skies and Mistress of the world,

of your courtesy, ask for the prayers

of all the saints, and make your address

to your Son, beseeching his Majesty

that he may please to look upon his people,

whom he wished to redeem with his blood,

banishing war which disrupts all.

Do not cease your prayers.

Pray for peace, pray for peace,

the true treasure of joy.

~ Charles d’Orléans, 1938, published in Le Figaro in Paris, France, just before the start of WWII

Set to music by Francis Poulenc.

Rapture

In these gifts you give this earth

I hear

I feel

Your soul.

This is not mere fantasy

Nor an echo of a dream;

it is a knowing 

Of all the beauty inside you

Poured out for others.

Another time I shall peruse

The pensive attitude 

Plaguing me with wonderings:

Why me

How am I worthy of

Such feeling, of such knowing?

For now I shall lay down my head,

Open to the wondrous rapture

Of you,

And peacefully I shall rest.

The Gravity

That night

My soul felt the gravity

Before my head

Or heart

Could wrap tendrils of thought

Around your affections.

That night

My soul read the future

From the palm of your

Open heart.

That night 

My soul knew what had to be

And so fell 

Into your open arms

That had been waiting for me

For eternity.

11/10

Take your time

And let things heal.

Don't rush

Back into life

The way you want to

Or the way you think

You should.

My Heart

My heart, to all things, but especially one thing, shouts an exuberant YES!

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Sending surprises

Sharing dreams

Calling out of the blue

Making time

Sharing laughter

Making plans

Admiring achievements and talents

Supporting goals

Being honest and vulnerable

Taking care of both ourselves and each other

Sharing challenges and burdens

Sending dog pictures :)

Taking chances and believing in good

Love is

Make it Through

With you

I'll make it through.

All you are to me

Helps me see the light.

With you

I'll make it through.

Every joy you bring

Makes every day so bright.

And so I'll make it through

I won't give up the fight

I will make it through

To be with you.