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Ecclesiastical Healing

Adaptation of Ecclesiastes 3

There is an appointed time for loving someone.
And there is a time for all that comes afterward:

A time to be loved then a time to not be;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what was planted;
A time to tear apart and a time to throw away;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing;
A time to mourn and a time to not dance;
A time to keep hurting and a time not to stop;
A time to weep and a time to keep weeping.

A time to hold fast then the time to let it die.
A time to be silent and the time to stay silent.
A time to stop searching and give up as lost;
A time for less pain and the time to be healed.

Now I believe comes my God-given time
for in which I've been eagerly waiting.
My chance for happiness, new life adventures.
A new love to be shared, a love self-sustaining.

2019