thecatholicthing

Over this, your white grave
the flowers of life in white –
so many years without you –
how many have passed out of sight?
Over this your white grave
covered for years, there is a stir
in the air, something uplifting
and, like death, beyond comprehension.
Over this your white grave
oh, mother, can such loving cease?
for all his filial ad...

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