The veil between the worlds (Jan Richardson)

Who live

in the spaces between

our breathing

                       

in the corner

of our vision

                       

in the hollows

of our bones

                       

in the chambers

of our heart:

                       

nowhere can they

be touched

yet still

how they move us,

how they move

in us,

                       

made from the

tissue of memory

like the veil

between the worlds

that stirs at

the merest breath

this night

and then is

at rest.

--Jan Richardson, All Hallows Blessing                   

A note from the author:  On this All Saints Day, I am grateful that the sacred calendar provides a day to do what so many of us do throughout the year: to remember beloved ones who are no longer here but who somehow journey with us still. In sorrow and in joy, in memory and in hope, and in the love that goes even deeper than the grief, this blessing is for you.

In November, we remember All Souls….

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