Churches

Last updated on 28/06/2020

A Trip To Pray
Is A Very Different Experience Today
Some Churches Opened Their Doors Wide
An Invitation To Come Inside
A Safe Place To Shelter From The Storm
For Some, A Place To Stay Warm
At The Door Hand Sanitizer Provided
A Way For Evermore ?
Pews Roped Off Social Distancing Being Maintained
Takes A While To Find a Seat, To Navigate Your Way
A Quiet Place For Peaceful Reflection
To Contemplate The Day
While Trying To Figure The Way Back Out
A Lovely Stranger Whispers In My Ear
“It A One Way System Dear”
One Way In, One Way Out
Just Like Life, I Want To Shout
As I Turn And Look Back
To My Dismay, She Is Busy Cleaning Away Any Trace Of Me Being There
Having Called In To Pray
Funeral Mass Attendance Has Been Increased From Ten To Twenty Five
Twenty Five Family And Friends Now Get To Pay Their Respects
Get To Say Their Final Goodbyes At The End
It Was Said That The Devil, The Virus Closed All The Churches Down
But Brought Them Into Every Home
Every City And Town
Mass Is Now Being Streamed Live Into Every Livingroom
A New Experience For Some And May Have To Be This Way For Some Time More
Churches Will Be In Phase Three
Allowed To Celebrate Mass With The Congregation Present Once More
Maybe In Small Numbers
Fifty Or More
We Just Have To Wait And See

© Pauline Byrne 2020

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Written 22nd May, 2020