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The Word

Clerestory

comes to mind

from the white light

spilling down

onto my bed.

A canonical,

conical

shaft from above.

From its singular point of origin,

w i d e n i n g

to envelope me in its illumination.

Just sit

and

Be still.

Breathe in the light.

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by Jennifer Butler Basile on June 30, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in Perspective, Poetry

Tagged architecture, Be Still and Know that I Am, children of the light, clerestory, light, meditation, metaphor, mindfulness, poem, poetry, quiet, reflection, scripture, stillness, symbols, the Word, word of God, word of the day

Posted by Jennifer Butler Basile on June 30, 2020

https://choppingpotatoes.com/2020/06/30/the-word/

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