so off i go today
to the convent
where i’ll stay and meet up with
my sister and my aunt who is a sister
relax, talk, walk, meditate, share meals, laugh, cry, remember, tell stories
see her sacred and important places
shared spaces
if i was a nun
i imagine myself
singing and running through the hills
like sister maria in the alps
but i think this spring break
slow and easy
may be exactly perfect
a time of rest and renewal.
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“get thee to a nunnery, go.”
– hamlet to ophelia (written by william shakespeare)
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photo credit: 20th century-fox studios, the sound of music, 1965