Go In Pieces – a benediction by Padraig O Tauma

As many of us have been in some state of isolation for several months now, we have found ourselves examining our humanity and our corner of reality under a microscope. Something that looked whole from a distance now appears to be in pieces. For some, this looks like shards of broken pottery, and for others like pieces of a puzzle. This time of reflection is a facet of grief that becomes a portal to greater understanding, connectedness, and impact.

 

BENEDICTION

the task is ended
go in pieces

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our concluding faith
is being rear-ended
certainty’s being amended
and something’s getting mended
that we didn’t know
was torn

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we’re unravelling
and are traveling to a place
of
new-formed-patterns,
with delusion as a fusion of
loss, and hope, and pain and beauty.

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so,

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the task is ended
go in pieces
to see and feel
your world.