Weeping

sometimes we are weeping old tears
this is painful for a human being
to weep tears from decades ago

to weep tears one hundred years old
and the body is weeping too
we call this illness

the mind is weeping
when the mind is weeping 
we call it names

that make it weep more
sometimes every cell and every tissue and every organ
and every molecule of skin is weeping and weeping

we are the wound itself the face of the wound
and when we summon Christ we see the Image of the wound
grow wings and comfort us
and only God can heal us
and keep us from the Flood of the endless
weeping.

mary angela douglas 15 march 2020