Here’s a thoughtful
reflection from Roddy Hamilton (Mucky
Paws) on November 11 (Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Poppy
Day).
Can
you hear it…
Can you hear it…
...it is the
silence
that holds all our
stories
the hurt for which
there are no words
the pain that
cannot be expressed
from war
...it is the
silence
that shares the
ache of the past
and knows the deep
cost of conflict
that always costs
too much
yet there always
seems more to give
...it is the
silence of a God
who has no words
left
for a love that has
nothing left to give
yet will give even
that
may we gather
in the clutch
of such a silence
for it is in this
silence
and no other
we hold together
the perplexing
truth of poppy fields
and our honest
turmoil of emotion
Here we gather in
remembrance
~ written by Roddy
Hamilton, and posted on Mucky Paws. http://www.nkchurch.org.uk/index.php/mucky-paws
