Lourdes

Poem by Diane Melby

Mar 27, 2023

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Standing 
At the foot of the Virgin 
As they come 
Body after body 
 
Rivers of sorrow 
    flowing 
    with hope 
    to the water 
Kneeling 
     beneath heaped rocks  
     pleading for cure

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