November 05, 2006

To an image of the saint

O Francis! Were there not nights like this
when you, too, saw how it was?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Found this blog in an index...cannot believe no one has read these beautiful words...such longing, hope and wonder

Janice Thomson said...

I keep coming back to this over and over again...the words are haunting and the images it evokes reminds of a time when a glimpse of the real "I" graced my presence for three extraordinary days.