She Kissed the Stone

She walked the labyrinth with her head bowed down and thought of Christ with His thorny encrusted crown Each rock was interlinked, attached to a circular maze and as the sun poured, onto the rocky terrain of Falaise a silent prayer was uttered, as she set the earth ablaze She came from the cloistered Abbey on Rue de Calix having spent so many years kissing her little crucifix it was a new world here outside, in the soil of France hundreds of stones polished with natural enhance its was a time of encapsulated self, in stillborn dance she awoke after the war, through Normandy's unrest A mother's diary was tucked inside a wooden chest filled with flourish scribble from an ancient faded nib It was meant to help a young woman survive and imbibe she acquired strength, this little girl named Marie Lepine Inside a velvet pouch was an old stone from the beach long before the bombardment, a child was out of reach Polished with the tears of a mother who cried of fright for a daughter who was to be left orphaned in the night She kissed the stone that healed, through love and light. July 10, 2021 Definition of Lepine in French : Thorn Bush For Contest : Stones