There is a hole in my heart.
Tender and whole.
Seeking light…

How to view these images?
Eyes shut. Heart open.
With prayer.

Greediness for revenge
never works.
Only backfires.
I know this.
My father murdered when I was
just fifteen.

Where does the pain go?
No where fast.
I know this.
More than fifty years later.

Our suffering…
must be more than just that.
Stop. Please stop.
And turn it inside out.

Patterns shift in
newborn light.
Forgiveness slow.
Forgiveness steady.
7 x 70
Led by a holy heart.

Catherine Ann Lombard
October 15, 2023