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Unfurl Your Heart

15 Saturday Feb 2020

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Unfurl Your Heart

©2020 Louise Gallagher

Unfurl your heart
peel back the layers of life
corroding your arteries
and holding you still
in pain and fear, sorrow and loss.

Unfurl your heart
let the light stream in through the cracks
lighting your path home to Love.

Praying the Hours

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

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IMG_5856Prayer For The Hours
(honouring the rhythm of the day through prayerful contemplation of haiku)

©2014 Louise Gallagher

VIGILS (Night)

Beginning, sun sets
in shadowed light embracing day.
Owl hunts in darkness.

LAUDS (Dawn)

Breathing into light
dawn quietly leaves night’s bed.
Sparrow sings of joy.

TERCE (Morning)

Create! day called out
to time passing by unseen.
Magpie adors its nest.

SEXT (Noon)

Crimson fire burning hot
expands out to touch the horizon.
Eagle soars on high.

NONE (Mid-afternoon)

Ending, day seeks
closure in death’s sweet promise.
Raven waits patiently.

VESPERS (Evening)

Dusks thin veil pulls back
releasing earth from day’s labour.
Dove settles lightly.

COMPLINE (Night)

Seeking the great One
silence beckons at night’s edge.
Swan floats silently.

All That Remains

17 Sunday Aug 2014

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All That Remains

©2014 Louise Gallagher

When I breathe
let my breath be expanded
out to embrace all of life
filling me up
with endless possibility
urging me to leap.

When I love
let my heart be broken
wide open
let my body be consumed
by love’s endless calling
me to let go.

When I leave
let my flame be burned
out completely
let me be consumed
by the flames of life
carrying me away.

When I am gone
let my memories consume
the hurts and pains
I’ve caused and known
so that all that remains
is Love.