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Then she bound her laughter on the top of the wood,
And stretched out her hands to smother it,
But her hands were stayed…
Her laughter rose and proclaimed
"Because you did not refuse your laughter
Your deepest, dearest laughter
Your joy will shine out like the stars
Cascade, like the sands of the sea…"
And now all I know is
That my 'oughts' have flown,
My life like a flame, reaching to where it will,
Low, sad and smouldering,
Rippling, crackling with joy.
In each, You are there
And God provides with peace, the power to walk
This solitary Road in freedom's joy.
My tears have hewn my path.
I know that I am woman,
One who has found her place,
And oned, with you in God,
We seek and find His face.
© Sister Dolores Dodgson
Hermit • Saint Ignatius • Caldey Island
Cited: Pierced Ears: Poems of an Island • Published by Caldey Abbey
Painting: © Mohsen Keiany