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Cornerstone

Cornerstone

A Poem

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Heather Dickinson
Apr 06, 2024
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Stillness rests
A Holy hush
Falls like light
on aged stones.

Where is He?
I wait like Lucy at the
stone table

Except:

He is Risen.

And I feel Him in the
Cadence
Of every footfall on dry leaves
Hear Him in the
Thump
Of blood in my veins.

(28 October 2022)

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