(Wendy Cabell, December 26, 2021, Second Day of Christmas, Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God/Flight Into Egypt, the (above) Blessed Womb Icon of the Mother of God, the Bethlehem Icon of the Mother of God, Boxing Day/Feast of Stephen. Feast day of Saint Joseph the Betrothed, Saint Prophet-King David, Saint James Brother of the Lord, Blessed Margaret of Hohenfels (prioress under Saint Hildegard of Bingen), and Martyrs of Thailand. Also Purim of the Curtains. Image from here.)
Pandora’s Journal
Morning entry:
Following regifted breath, cycled centuries--same breath
ancestors took in, soft—exhale by firelight and one
candle. On table ablaze, laden. Bible open. Stove
waiting to unburden her arms. As ancient arms busy
with their knitting, or chopping. Or holding of
life that has come. From whence you will
come and breathe and soon forget--
until now
*From combined prompts: Freewrite as inspired by the etymology/concept of box, and Marilyn Chin’s Little Box Opens Up. From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, December 26, 2021.
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