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Saint Gobnait

from Canticle of Creation by Simon de Voil

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The words for this song come from Christine Valters Paintner's poem 'St. Gobnait and the Place of Her Resurrection'

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POEM: St. Gobnait and the Place of Her Resurrection
[by Christine Valters Paintner]

On the tiny limestone island
an angel buzzes to Gobnait
in a dream, disrupts her plans,
sends her in search of nine white deer.

She wanders for miles across
sea and land until at last
they appear and rather than
running toward them

she falls gently to wet ground,
sits in silence as light crawls across sky,
lets their long legs approach
and their soft, curious noses surround her.

Breathing slowly, she slides back
onto grass and clover and knows
nothing surpasses this moment,
a heaven of hooves and dew.

Is there a place for each of us,
where we no longer yearn to be elsewhere?
Where our work is to simply soften,
wait, and pay close attention?

She smiles as bees gather eagerly
around her too, wings humming softly
as they collect essence of wildflowers,
transmuting labor into gold.

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from Canticle of Creation, released January 6, 2021

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Simon de Voil is a Scottish singer/songwriter and sacred musician, now living in Vermont. Known for soulful, often haunting songs that invoke the spirit of his homeland, as well as his own personal story, Simon pairs thoughtful and inspiring lyrics with compelling piano melodies, and a rich, tender vocal style. ... more

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