For Love in the time of conflict
Med denna fina dikt önskar jag dig en fin fortsättning på det nya året.
Eva Berlander
”For Love in the time of conflict
When the gentleness between you hardens
And you fall out of your belonging with each other
May the depths you have reached hold you still.
When no true word can be said, or heard,
And you mirror each other in the script of hurt,
When even the silence has become raw and torn,
May you hear again an echo of your first music.
When the weave of affection starts to unravel
And anger begins so sear the ground between you,
Before this weather of grief invites the black seed of
bitterness to find root,
May your souls come to kiss
Now is the time for one of you to be gracious,
To allow a kindness beyond through and hurt,
Reach out with sure hands
To take the chalice of your love,
And carry it carefully through this echoless waste
Until the winter pilgrimage leads you
Toward the gateway to spring”.
Johan O´Donahue