White Bridge

To be so sure of oneself
Yet also to be aware
Of the hurt
And the indifference

To know that it is the I that does go on
Yet to map out
To search out
To deliver the ever deeper significance

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Lauds

How might I save my love
For all of the love that I have known
How might I live a life of love
Embracing all of the love that I have known

Should the day begin with the early morning
In joyful supported meditations, opening my eyes
As the light enters from the darkness
Opening my soul; thankful that I am who I am

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Vigils II

To hear the Latin is a privilege
Also a route, a pathway
To one who I also know loved the Latin

Might I one day learn a few words
Explore the translated feelings of care and love
Ego autem diligunt te, quia te amo, ego amare

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Vigils I

How lucky I am
To begin my day this way
To see, and hear, and feel the joy
Of the monks; praying, and chanting, and singing
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him

Odd that I should pitch my focus
On the thirteen amp twin sockets
A metaphor for a working life I knew so well
A switch into a life I really don’t know so so well at all
World without end
World without end

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Alarm

I’m up for Vigils at 6:45
I thought it used to be earlier
Maybe that was in BST
I have showered, made a cup of tea
Looked at a print of Bridge of Sighs
As painted by JMW Turner

I did not sleep well
But no less well than at home
Or in that more traditional stop-over hotel
On the way down here

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