Crown of roses (The Rosary)

As wavy lines

in concentric circles

they narrow

they disappear

such are their words

glittering all around me

here high in the Spanish mountains

where a handful of women

pray in a sunlit chapel

their voices

shrill

passionate

heaven-rushing storm

repeatedly strung together

the words of Mother and Child

negating time

giving breath to my soul

Oeke Kruythof

Jenny Narraway translation/transcreation