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orleans

(33,987 posts)
6. bittersweet
Thu May 10, 2012, 02:15 PM
May 2012

i had a great aunt who was a nun--born in the early 1900s or late 1800s (i forget). when she died they sent her prayer book to my grandmother. there was a poem on a small piece of paper inside the book. because i was always writing poetry my grandma gave me the poem and asked me what it meant.

it was a love poem--and not about god or jesus.

there were several veiled "clues" in the poem--and i even got out a map to try and figure out one of the lines.

as it turned out--
my great aunt (the nun) had fallen in love with another nun, and they kept their relationship secret/private. the other nun was finally transfered somewhere else and they were separated. my great aunt was pinning for the love of her life.

it was a beautiful poem--heartbreaking actually--

but how wonderful she had, at least, found someone for a little while to give her heart to.


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