Love and Ashes

Love and Ashes

our bodies make lines

and our hearts beat

repent, repent

make us more honest in

forty days

conversion time

prepare us, Mystery,

for an eternity

with you, true Love

create in us clean hearts

draw us closer–

Love, we are yours

You are our heartbeat

You are our way

help us fast, pray

lines of ash pressed into

our faces, worn with love

renewed, restored

the lines of time move

forward; we embrace

our destiny

death comes for us all

our graves are ahead

dust. ash. dust. ash

our bodies make lines

and our hearts beat

repent, repent

Reprinted from Sr. Julia’s blog, which you can visit by clicking here.