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‘Meditation #5’

Andrew Collis
By Andrew Collis
Image: Catherine Skipper

Your hand
raised,
defensive.

How to handle
trauma unmended –
invented enemies.

Vain monuments
to freedom.

Yes, religion
makes fools of us –
draws us into mysteries
of love.

Trace a hand
over the hand
that trembles.

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