Retreat to Lindisfarne

In search of the Holy Isle

In sabbatical seclusion
Close to the beginnings

Where the sun rises quickly

And surf rolls in

Breaking the silence

Of a pebbled beach

Turning energy into refinement

Moulded, but not as clay,

Rounded with the earth’s rotation

Tumbled to near perfection

Then merged with a Celtic cross

In the cleansing of breaking waves.

 

Lindisfarne

June 2010 



Meditation prompted by the rounded stones on the beach, Lindisfarne, with thoughts on saints past and present, including Aidan, 7th century missionary to Northumberland.

Click here for photographs of Lindisfarne, Holy Island, Northumberland