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Friday, April 18, 2014

"Sixth Station" A Poem by Anna Mae Marheineke, RSCJ

Taken from the book "Smile the Sun Around My Heart"
The Collection of Poems of Anna Mae Marheineke, RSCJ
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Sixth Station

The dark has lifted
for a moment now,
and film of dirt and sweat,
blurring His eye focus
to make crazy patterns on the road,
he cleared.
Too cool clean cloth
feels sweet against His face -
He remembers His mother
had the same gentleness in her touch
when she had washed from Him
the grime a child's play made,
these many years ago,
and held a fresh white towel
close. This towel, too He sees 
is white.
The road no longer blurs
and rocks before His eyes.
He tries to smile a little 
across the pain that cracks His lips,
and hands the woman's kerchief
back to her.
His dark eyes look, then, into hers.
He leaves remembrance
of HIs gratitude indelible
upon her towel's whiteness, and carries
indelible upon His Heart
Veronica's gentle act of courtesy.

~   Anna Mae Marheineke, RSCJ


Note: Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.  Today's blog post is a poem taken from the book "Smile the Sun Around My Heart" The Collection of Poems of Anna Mae Marheineke, RSCJ.  Sr. Marheineke (1917-2013) was a 1934 alumna of the Academy of Saint Charles.  If you wish to purchase a copy of Sr. Marheineke's collection of poems look under the heading on the right "Books by Sacred Heart Alum Authors" and click on the link to her book.

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