Forgotten Memory
Siobhan Mac Mahon Let us grieve for the broken body of our Earth, For the pillaged devastation of our despair, Crying out in her agony Her legs splayed open wide And all her treasure plundered. Let us cover our naked bodies In the ashes of our dead and weeping Kneel upon this blessed Earth Sending up a great lament Imploring her forgiveness. For this is our body, This is our blood, Only we have forgotten. We have forgotten The place where prayer Opens softly in the darkness Of our bodies humming With sweetness, the place Where every cell and fibre of our beings Is ringing out an Angelus, An Alleluia chorus, an Ave Maria. Let us remember The deep well of our belonging The Holy Mystery of our lives And let us dream 100 TPC Leeds 2016 ÂŚ
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