Cuckoos

A haiku

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cuckoos —
the congregation’s eyes fixed
on the empty pulpit

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The cuckoos call beyond the walls, unsettling the expected order of things, while every gaze remains fixed on the empty pulpit. In that shared silence, absence speaks more loudly than any sermon, inviting each listener to find meaning where certainty has quietly fallen away.

First published on NaHaiWriMo.

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