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Sagrada Familia
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Raised to music
As was the hope in the
Medieval mind?
Maybe concerts on the steps
Here and now
Chancel, transepts, or
Narthex
A cathedral,
Meaning the bishop may speak
From there with
A bishop’s authority
Maybe now
It happens
Or there is holy waiting for
The building
To be finished
A lesson in unfinished
Holy families
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C L Couch
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Photo by Brandon Gurney on Unsplash
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona , Spain
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clcouch123 
December 13, 2021 at 9:45 pm
Beautiful church. Thank you for sharing your poem. It went with the picture perfectly.
December 14, 2021 at 2:54 am
You’re welcome, and thank you for your comment! It must be an extraordinary church to visit, much less to have as the center of one’s own parish.
December 14, 2021 at 7:37 am
that holy waiting, yeah, that.
December 14, 2021 at 7:54 pm
Yes, I think it must be. It still takes generations to complete cathedrals, such as the one in D.C. The waiting must go positively and, ideally, spiritually.