On the days when the sun
does not rise, when the chill
will not dissipate from the night air,
words fall anechoic from our lips
to the carpeted abyss.
Let our tears be our salt-
seasoned offerings,
burning water our prayer.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is a priest and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. She serves an Episcopal church just outside Cleveland. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.