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Beannacht
("Blessing")
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and
you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and
you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and
the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo,
red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of
delight.
freeze behind
the grey window
and
the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo,
red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of
delight.
When the canvas frays
in the currach of
thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there
come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you
safely home.
in the currach of
thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there
come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you
safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may
the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be
yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a
slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible
cloak
to mind your life.
may
the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be
yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a
slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible
cloak
to mind your life.
~ John O'Donohue ~
(Echoes of Memory )