{"id":815,"date":"2020-04-10T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T18:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/?p=815"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T18:24:06","slug":"the-wailing-of-the-wood-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/10\/prayer-of-the-heart\/silence\/the-wailing-of-the-wood-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wailing of the Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(I wrote this 3 years ago\u2026.today, even the &#8220;Wailing of the Wood&#8221; seems to be silenced by our quarantine.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Wailing of the Wood<\/strong><br><strong><em>Good Friday, 2017<\/em><\/strong> (reprise: 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crucifixion-1-1-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crucifixion-1-1-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crucifixion-1-1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crucifixion-1-1-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crucifixion-1-1-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holydwelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crucifixion-1-1.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Many sunrises ago, my mother seed,<br>plucked by a hungry dove,<br>and nourished in its belly,<br>fell upon rocky soil, was trod<br>deep by a wandering sheep\u2019s hoof,<br>then thirstily drank the droplets<br>from a summer\u2019s rain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Seasons passed, and many more;<br>my cells swelled and grew,<br>ever stretching toward the Light.<br>Then one late autumn day, sharp steel<br>axes cut deep into my flesh, and I fell hard<br>upon the rocks that had been my cradle.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In the dim months of winter, I was carried,<br>pulled, tugged, and flipped, with steel teeth<br>cutting deep into my flesh again,<br>until shaped square and planed smooth.<br>The spring-time moon shone brightly overhead,<br>when once again I was hauled about,<br>cut into two pieces, and sent upon my way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My longest part reached the Hill first;<br>then came my shorter portion,<br>carried upon a poor Man\u2019s bleeding shoulders;<br>He could barely walk beneath my weight.<br>My parts were joined, and then His flesh was<br>laid upon my own, and hammered in.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>They lifted us together, and as His sinews were torn<br>and joints were pulled, my own flesh stretched<br>to hold him close, secure. 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