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from "Julian of Norwich"

Then it came suddenly to mind that I should ask for the second wound of our Lord's gracious gift, that I might in my own body fully experience and understand his blessed passion: a true compassion producing a longing for God. I was not wanting a physical vision or revelation of God, but such compassion as a soul would naturally have for our Lord Jesus, who for love became a mortal man.  Therefore I desired to suffer with him.

Julian of Norwich (1342 - ca. 1416)
    Revelations of Divine Love

VI.

Where did we go on this long, strange journey?  We could have carved the silence, feathered the solitude, run home with abjection. Splinters come out if they're pulled through, not against, the skin. Pungent blossoms. Stars stain the sky. Notes flutter in the pale, blue point of giving up. Don't we ever, but how can we ever, go interior? Polished fear is easy to buy. Rustling stations of the cross. Leaves braced for falling. Beads losing numbers, memories, semiotics. My hands are too smooth, my eyes too introspective.