The Broken Bells of St Mary's

Saint Mary's church, Lubeck, Palm Sunday 1942.

The bells of the Marienkirche, still lying where they fell

Filled with air,

the bells floated

down;

like dandelion seeds,

sycamore seeds;

like thistle.

Like the bells,

the bombs fell

down;

like dandelion seeds,

sycamore,

thistle.

And soon enough 

all was quiet:

bombs,  bells,

 kirk;
and so too, I assume
the trumpets in Heaven.

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