Will men understand the mysterious language of those tears? Pope Pius XII October 17, 1954
I went there
Basilica Santuario Madonna Delle Lacrime
Siracusa, Sicily
Weeping Madonna
housed in the architecture of a tear
I took a photo there
ignorant of its meaning
until now
when asked to fill a space with poetry
and now
I want to know the meaning of those tears
Does she weep for His suffering
or for the plight of a humanity
trying to return to God?
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NaPoWriMo Day 4 prompt. I took my own photo of the Basilica Santuario Madonna Delle Lacrime in October 2019, not knowing that it was home of the weeping Madonna.
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