From 29a03d3eea9e61e40f6cce59318fe5878cf66a34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:30:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/saint.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/writing/saint.md b/writing/saint.md index 79f3685b..2d2ce5bc 100644 --- a/writing/saint.md +++ b/writing/saint.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ To my most dear and highly esteemed brother, Radu, beloved in the sight of the Lord: Cornel, an unworthy servant of Jesus Christ, a worm, less than a being sends his greetings. -Silence surrounds me in currents. Swirls, curls, swims along in lazy Lissajou curves. Silence surrounded him. Holy they called him; holy or crazy. +Silence surrounds me in currents. Swirls, curls, swims along in lazy Lissajou curves. Silence surrounds me. Holy they call me; holy or crazy. -Clothed in silence and robes, wreathed in holy light, they say that, each day, he would walk down to the river, dip a single cupped paw within, and drinking that would be his sustenance for the day. They say that he would talk with the insects, coaxing ants into a dance and urging the cicadas to sing praises to the Lord. They say that he never ceased praying. +Clothed in silence and robes, wreathed in holy light, they say that, each day, I walk down to the river, dip a single cupped paw within, and drinking that would be my sustenance for the day. They say that I talk with the insects, coaxing ants into a dance and urging the cicadas to sing praises to the Lord. They say that I never cease praying. -Some of these were even true. Clothed in silence and robes, he would begin his day by walking to the river and drinking from his paw. It was not his only sustenance, for he fished and collected the tender roots of young reeds or perhaps some cress. He even purchased the occasional bundle of dried meat. +Some of these are even true. Clothed in silence and robes, I begin my day by walking to the river and drinking from my paw. It is not my only sustenance, for I fish and collect the tender roots of young reeds or perhaps some cress. I even purchase the occasional bundle of dried meat. -He did not coax any insects, but he did talk to them. Not *with* them; none but the Lord could do that. He would listen to the cicadas rasping through the heat of the day, close his eyes to shut out at least one sense, and lift his stubby ears to listen to the words of the world. Even the crickets could carry the voice of God. +I do not coax any insects, but I do talk to them. Not *with* them; none but the Lord could do that. I listen to the cicadas rasping through the heat of the day, close my eyes to shut out at least one sense, and lift my stubby ears to listen to the words of the world. Even the crickets could carry the voice of God. -There were no lies in the last. +There are no lies in the last.