14 June - Canonization Of St. John Of Kronstadt Comments

In truth a saint doesn't need a poem: he or she already has supernatural rewards and in that context poetry has to accept its secondary presence. But the ordinary human being, flawed, in need of mercy, confused, that's the person who needs poetry as a recipient, or a writer, or a reader. This brief poem affirms what need to be affirned and then the silence of a contented soul prevails.