A Moment of Peace

(Poem by Wendy Howe )
see also the french version

A dove on her shoulder,
dawn's flame in her hair
and a child smiling
between her arms,
Mary leans toward The Sun.
Legs curl under
the silken weight of her skirt
and the night's long pacing
is put to rest, resolved in the glow
of light shimmering off the ocean,
in the breath of prayers warming
the desert sand.

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