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Chapter XVII: A Pilgrim's Way

from The Memory of Good by Miriam Marston

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A light goes down in Rome for a little while at least.
The winds on the sea will eventually breathe
a new name to lead.
The light is strong inside the heart of this house,
blazing in corners and opening doors
in a world growing cold.
The boat isn’t lost to the storm,
He’s only returning to port.
And love ever dwells here,
and love never left here
from the start.
A knock upon my door
in the middle of a dream.
A glimpse of a change,
You were leaving your name
at the foot of a wooden throne.
Awaken to a scene,
and wonder what it means -
your body is bent, as though hours were spent
simply bowed in adoration.
By the way, we could say we are
everyday, in the middle of
this greatest, scandalous gift to us all;
a gift from a fallen day.
A promise cut in stone and flowing from His side;
the finest of minds couldn’t count all the times
we’d be lost without His word.
And this, our good refrain:
we land where we’re sent.
The place may be bare,
but we know who is there from the first to the end.
The flame still belongs to the Son.
The battle isn’t any less won.
And hope ever dwells here,
and hope never left here,
from the start.

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from The Memory of Good, released September 7, 2017

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Miriam Marston Portland, Oregon

I started composing when I was 10. I called one of my first songs "Nostalgia", although I can't recall what my ten year old self was so nostalgic about. Released my first album in 2000. Things got busy, but I never stopped writing. Even if it meant composing on a mostly-broken piano in the basement of a university that I wasn't even enrolled in. Enjoy all the music and reading! Pax. MM ... more

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