The Monastery
The monastery of Evette, built high
on a rocky outcrop beside the village of Lorraine
The village folk would take food baskets
Leaving them close by each morning
One monk was put in the basket and lowered
then hauled back up with food gathered.
It had been this way for many years
The monks would pray for the villagers
According to the messages laid in with the food.
After five days of the food laying untouched.
The villagers stood, calling for the basket
with no way to reach the monks
The villagers knelt, prayed, feeling lost
With no one to pray for them
An hour passed, with no monk to be seen.
The youngest, strongest of the villagers
Decided to pull himself up
To look for the monks.
What he found would stay with him
Lowering the basket for the villager elder
Hauling him up to a sight never seen.
The twelve original monks sat in a circle
The bodies perfectly preserved
The village became a place of pilgrimage
Food was often left at the foot of the mountain
This vanished each day, as it has always been
The villagers believe their prayers are still answered…
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