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For Lost
Friends
Friends
As twilight makes a rainbow
robe
From the concealed colors of day
In order for time to stay
alive
Within the dark weight of night,
May we lose no one we love
From
the shelter of our hearts.
When we love another heart
And allow it to
love us,
We journey deep below time
Into that eternal weave
Where
nothing unravels.
May we have the grace to see
Despite the hurt of
rupture,
The searing of anger,
And the empty disappointment,
That
whoever we have loved,
Such love can never quench.
Though a door may
have closed,
Closed between us,
May we be able to view
Our lost friends
with eyes
Wise with calming grace;
Forgive them the damage
We were left
to inherit;
Free ourselves from the chains
Of forlorn
resentment;
Bring warmth again to
Where the heart has frozen
In order
that beyond the walls
Of our cherished hurt
And chosen distance
We may
be able to
Celebrate the gifts they brought,
Learn and grow from the
pain,
And prosper into difference,
Wishing them the peace
Where spirit
can summon
Beauty from wounded space.
robe
From the concealed colors of day
In order for time to stay
alive
Within the dark weight of night,
May we lose no one we love
From
the shelter of our hearts.
When we love another heart
And allow it to
love us,
We journey deep below time
Into that eternal weave
Where
nothing unravels.
May we have the grace to see
Despite the hurt of
rupture,
The searing of anger,
And the empty disappointment,
That
whoever we have loved,
Such love can never quench.
Though a door may
have closed,
Closed between us,
May we be able to view
Our lost friends
with eyes
Wise with calming grace;
Forgive them the damage
We were left
to inherit;
Free ourselves from the chains
Of forlorn
resentment;
Bring warmth again to
Where the heart has frozen
In order
that beyond the walls
Of our cherished hurt
And chosen distance
We may
be able to
Celebrate the gifts they brought,
Learn and grow from the
pain,
And prosper into difference,
Wishing them the peace
Where spirit
can summon
Beauty from wounded space.
~ John O'Donohue
~
~
(To Bless the Space Between
Us)
Us)
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