September 21, 2020
SOUNDS IN A SILENT
CHURCH
Wooden benches adjusting
after a customer left 5 minutes ago
and went back into the street.
A candle in a red glass holder
going out after 13 hours of
praying for a worrying mother.
An ambulance rushing down
the street -
taking a dying
person to the nearest hospital.
The wind trying to get inside
the church through a crack in
a stain glass window.
The opening of a side door
for an old man who drops into
this silent church every afternoon at 3.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
1 comment:
Love the picture! And the reflection makes me think of inside St Mary’s too, when no one is there and I’m alone in it for a quiet time. But how do you describe the silence you feel when someone you love is no longer there in that church with so many memories? We miss you Fr Andy, and St Mary’s too!
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