SUFFERING CAN BE.
Posted: January 25th, 2011, 4:46 am
Suffering can be
The path to Heaven
Sister Teresa
Said remembering
The coughed up warm blood
Into the once white
Handkerchief held to
The mouth the TB
Already there the
Cold fingers of Death
Invading the soft
Tissue the echoes
Of the nails into
The flesh and cross of
Christ tingling along
Her veins and rushing
Arteries and her
Father’s suffering
Still fresh in her mind
The hammering of
Pain and suffering
Getting louder the
Sins like black ink stains
Spreading out within
Touching distance and
Within reach of ears
And eyes and skin just
Waiting like some death
Disease to enter
In whatever is
Willed and knowingly
Done and known to be
Sinful there the dark
Fingers of evil
Stain suffering can
Be the pathway to
Heaven the young nun
Sister Teresa
Said softly again.
The path to Heaven
Sister Teresa
Said remembering
The coughed up warm blood
Into the once white
Handkerchief held to
The mouth the TB
Already there the
Cold fingers of Death
Invading the soft
Tissue the echoes
Of the nails into
The flesh and cross of
Christ tingling along
Her veins and rushing
Arteries and her
Father’s suffering
Still fresh in her mind
The hammering of
Pain and suffering
Getting louder the
Sins like black ink stains
Spreading out within
Touching distance and
Within reach of ears
And eyes and skin just
Waiting like some death
Disease to enter
In whatever is
Willed and knowingly
Done and known to be
Sinful there the dark
Fingers of evil
Stain suffering can
Be the pathway to
Heaven the young nun
Sister Teresa
Said softly again.