Have you ever been
on a spiritual retreat?
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| Image credit: leeannmancini.com The following poem was written following a retreat experience, at Tamiment in the Pocono Mountains, several years ago. A special bond develops when women pray for one another... |
WOMEN ON RETREAT
Three
women
meet
at a lodge
in
the Pocono Mountains
They
are strangers—
but
that soon changes
One,
freshly wounded
two,
a decade older
had
been healed
years
before
of
the same sorrow
The
two
instinctively
soothe
the
younger sister
with
the balm
of
compassion
listen
speak
soft words
of
experience
touch
At
apricot sunset
they
walk a wooded path
along
the edge
of
Tamiment Lake
Coming
upon
a
crude table
and
benches
they
stop, sit
join
hands
and
beseech God
as
a million tree frogs
chirp
crickety crescendos
from
shadows
of
tall leafy boughs
and
deer graze
in
their midst
As
twilight wanes
they
arise to go
then
keep
one
another
from
stumbling
along
the rocky path
Maude
Carolan
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