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eventide hymn

                              "Broken loaves, abundant giving;      
                           broken lives, abundant living." - CAB
     
     
   “In the morning there is meaning, in the                                  
                                  evening there is feeling.”      
                                                  —Gertrude Stein
     
     
i will be your peace                
          in the midst of all your pieces,      
          for i hear your pleas,      
                    as your helplessness increases.      
                    fragments i shall mend      
                              to restore their constitution,      
                              though i must contend      
                                        with the cost of absolution.      
     
          i will give you bread,      
                    where dark clouds have bred starvation:      
                    come and dine, instead,      
                              at the table of salvation.      
                              broken loaves, for me,      
                                        signify abundant giving;      
                                        broken lives, for thee,      
                                                  celebrate abundant living.      
     
                    let me be the friend      
                              who defends you when life's troubles      
                              chase you to wit's end,      
                                        like a wild wind's thirst for bubbles.      
                                        come away and rest      
                                                  where the evening, in the hollow      
                                                  of its golden crest,      
                                                            peace brings with its sweet cembalo.      
     
                                        © Copyright 2024 February 20      
                                                by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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