Hermitage Without WallsHadWatch over my steps, if I leave, Stay close, if I stay, Make me in this world to rejoice With those who give from what they don't have, So that I may discover what treasure Dwells unseen And in me,...Monica Pillat14 Oct. 20265
Hermitage Without WallsTurning PointSomeone is knocking at my door, But I still hesitate to open it, For the knocking on wood Has an unforgettable rhythm And the sounds circle The dwelling where I reside. Someone is beating the...Monica Pillat9 Oct. 20262
Hermitage Without WallsFrom the Realms of ShadowThe dragon from fairy tales pounces To violently seize the maiden From her kin and carry her off To a land of which no one Dares to approach. In other fairy tales, we are told How Cosânzeana locks...Monica Pillat1 Oct. 20261
Hermitage Without WallsA BreezeWhen you get sad, you feel on your cheek A flutter of a wing And the burden that weighs on you Loses its purpose. Weeping eyes, After so many rains of sorrow, See the rainbow rising. Something from...Monica Pillat25 Sep. 20262
Hermitage Without WallsThe RealmThe path is revealed to the realm In which time is hallowed: There Paradise, equally, Is also the garden of abandonment Which hides within it the tomb From where the Son rises, Making from the cross...Monica Pillat14 Sep. 20262
Hermitage Without WallsOn the white wallOn the white wall in the room A breeze passed slowly, Which awakened from being unseen The flickering apparition Of the Mother of God. Chalices Of living water she had in her gaze, When She then...Monica Pillat7 Sep. 20262
Hermitage Without WallsHave mercy on usPity us, and make us well, For we have come to be merely clothes Through which the desert is about to whistle. Great we once deemed ourselves, when mercilessly We tore You from ourselves and left...Monica Pillat2 Sep. 20261
Hermitage Without WallsA LittleThe anxiety that it will come, When you least expect it, the last day, Can gradually fade away, When you make a palace out of an hour, With rooms as vast as a minute, In which not even begun The...Monica Pillat28 Aug. 20263
Hermitage Without WallsVigilIt was growing dark in the ancient house Through which I wandered, and no lamp Could be lit. The guests Who entered, surprised by the darkness, Asked me why I wasn't making light. I took a candle...Monica Pillat14 Aug. 20261
Hermitage Without WallsRemain DreamingHear the cowbells as they ring, Making your quietude more profound, When you take your eyes off your book? Then a distant bell Answers the beating heart. Slowly, forgotten flutes And a lute,...Monica Pillat3 Aug. 20264
Hermitage Without WallsYou cannot lose your way.You cannot lose your way in the world Through which the Lord has passed, Making Himself the Way. If you get lost in the darkness The sign of a glimmer emerges, If you are broken in a fall, The abyss...Monica Pillat20 Iul. 20261
Hermitage Without WallsThe CallIf I could draw aside The curtain that divides us, Letting the light gather you From the unseen, what more would you say? Or perhaps you have no words For me to remember? Then, in secret, grant me...Monica Pillat17 Iul. 20262