Poetry Project, V. 10.0, Day 9

Adieu

i know it's not good-bye,
and i know it will be rebuilt,
but it will not be the same.
it must have been like that for countless places,
war-ravaged, famine-stricken,
places where once people came to stare in awe
but now are gone, or damaged.
rebuilt, yes, but the majesty is gone.
the loss is great,
and rips me to the core,
though i never was able to see it with my own eyes.
and when i do someday see it,
it will not be the same.


It's a sad day, following the loss of Notre Dame.  There is some consolation, in that many of the valuable items in the building were saved, but so much culture and history is lost.It's a reminder that God and Faith are not a building, but are so much bigger.  The people of the world need them to be bigger than a building today.

Thanks for reading,

Me