Thursday, September 23, 2010

St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina


last month, in the choir,

I yielded to to sweet sleep.


strengthen my heart

to burst out of my chest.


the heart bleeds

continually.


dear Father,

I am dying of pain.


grant me this grace?



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this poem was written using Padre Pio's own words.

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