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Keith Evans's avatar

This poem is perfect, beautiful. Amen! Thank you Joseph.

Anthony Blalock's avatar

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.

Amen.

Julie's avatar

Thank you for this poem. It’s beautiful. I have your books and love your style. Bless you.

Antonia Baur's avatar

I thank you for this, from the heart. Heartbreaking and beautiful.

Isabel Chenot's avatar

2x "spoke", 2x "not silenced", 3x "praise". You capture silence so well, but here you captured augmenting sound. Which is perfect. Thank you.

Angela Fischetti's avatar

Oh my goodness gracious, @Joseph Massey, this is beyond beautiful. Thank you for honoring sweet Charlie in this most moving manner. Peace to you and to all here with you.

Sarah's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you.

Kevin Higgins's avatar

Well done. Thank you Joseph!

Patrick Phillips's avatar

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for this! I wrote a poem on the same subject,by the ultimate muse of the Holy Ghost, yesterday. I'll post it on Monday. It seems God is working through both of us.

Thanks again

Tesstamona's avatar

Beautiful. "May everything that breathes praise the Lord." Thank you for writing and sharing this.

Jennifer Bond Baker's avatar

Tremendous. Victorious. Thank you.

Rebecca's avatar

Powerful. Thank you.

Martin of Tacoma's avatar

This is beautiful.

Mitch Ritter's avatar

Amen to your poem and powerful prayer, Brother Joseph Massey of a kind of "Kaddish" for this slain martyr to his faith and the unpredictability of human violence in our plagued times. Keep on being alive to the world, The Word and especially to the pain in our shared world. Nothing is to be wasted, we must make wise use of all of our experience.

Keep on doing!

Health and balance,

Tio Mitchito

Connie Miller's avatar

Your words are beautiful and a comfort to those millions mourning this great loss.