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mystical painting of woman kneeling underwater

Benediction

oil on linen

90 x 120 cm

 

Salve

Savor blue washed pearls.
Sip nectar of Carrageen.
Swim in caverns light.
 
Are women made wiser
When the sea clarifies their wounds?
Does she freely release them to joy?
 
Sea life gentles.
In time ocean swells cleave
A channel for peace.
 
Silken waters drowse her tears.
As the heart reddens,
Women grow wise.
 
Grief brings them here and
They stay until they are healed
Their wounds blanched and silvered.
 
          
            Jenny Barnard

© Catherine Stringer