transverberation

i've been staggering

ever since the shot in rome

on wednesday may 13

1981

the golden ball saw it all

down through the ages

in childbed and deathbed

flooded with light

the daughters of the church

st. teresa of avila

st. teresa of lisieux

they were rewarded by god

for loving him

they knew the forms

of the transverberation

a spiritual wounding of the heart

in the form of a mystical vision

a physical wounding of the heart

by a dart or a flame of love

st. teresa of avila

st. teresa of lisieux