Innocence ~ Mother and Child

 CHRIST CHILD... and it was told...

John 1:36 “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

The Grace, the Light, the Salvation

~

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Painting: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Innocence, 1893.

Swaddled In The Baptism Of Time

Swaddled in the baptism of time
Thought and being
Solitude
Moments of intimacy
With the inner secrets of SELF
Woven threads
Yesterdays the weft
Tomorrows the warp
This cloak of life woven
Textured by the visions of heart
Patterned by the quest of soul
Moments in freedom's embrace
A silent resonant call is heard
Wonder, oneness, echo a repose
A return to innocence
Swaddled in the baptism of time.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


“I Am Half-Sick of Shadows," Said the Lady of Shalott, 1915, Oil on canvas, John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917.

Wings Forayed

Strife and destruction sound a call
Innocence lost, the child to befall
Young spirit's wings hover in despair
In the earth bound void absent of care
Defiant they be in encounter with another
Little have they learned from a benevolent brother
Young spirit's wings torn and tattered
Innocence violated and shattered
Let us in a call of WISDOM anew
Heed well the toll for what we do
Know that this world amend to be
Is when love be known sea to sea
In Peace and Good Will Spirits soar
Wings forayed need be no more.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


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