Discovery of Silence, The

Hudson Review, The, Summer 2004 by Simpson, Louis

The Canon at Law

went into the chapel

and saw Sister Ursula.

She seemed to be praying,

then he saw she was not,

but standing in silence

in front of the book

and moving her lips.

So Sister was ordered

to appear and explain.

She said, "I was saying

the words to myself."

There followed the cure

of scourging and diet

by herself in a cell.

It happened again.

This time she was burned

to save her from hell.

Unable to rest

we wander amazed

by candles and shadows.

Pray for forgiveness.

Listen to the word

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that is heard in silence.