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For anyone who has lost someone

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Flimflammery · 18/11/2011 09:00

(myself included), I'd like to offer you this poem -

Beannacht / Blessing by John O'Donohue

On the day when
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.

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.

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.

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mckenzie · 18/11/2011 14:28

thank you Flim.

Sparklingbrook · 18/11/2011 14:30

That's so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Everlong · 18/11/2011 18:12

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Flimflammery · 19/11/2011 14:51

Bumping this for anyone else to read.

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t0lk13n · 27/11/2011 08:18

Deep breaths! Thank you for sharing Flim xxx

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