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PilgrimageVideo: Riverside Here, bones hang from tree branches. Sing the road we walk to the cathedral. I carry my mother’s parables in my pockets. The stories say the good must suffer to enter the Kingdom. She who hides from suffering is one who suffers the most. That a bear named death is sent to sweep her away with its giant paw of stars. There’s no stained glass left in the nave, we’re told. Saint-robbers pried head reliquaries and hammered angels’ faces, offering holy fragments to enter the underworld. Happiness is given in return for choosing death. Fill your coat with stones and walk into the river. Along the way, I dreamed of a monk on an unlighted path, who prayed, Teach me, Lord, all that you know. He put my fingers through his blood-dazzled wounds. Walk all night, he bids me, lit by torch and dust. If you believe you’ll be unharmed, monk’s-blood will make you invisible. The cathedral will be empty: Kneel before the empty saints’ heads. Their uplifted eyes know a God whose mind is passing through the mind of woman. In the beginning, the saints were named, begat of stars, stars begat of light, and the Word rupturing the sky, commanding wind to destroy all other spells. Just, This is my body. These are my falling bones. #Unreal #Poetry #NicoleRollender #Religion #Imagery #Fear #Relics #Sacrifice #Video #Collaboration #Riverside Visit our shop and subscribe. Sponsor us. Submit and become a contributor. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
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