Rouen, di Adele Libero

The clergyman, named as Jacques Hamel was knifed to death during the attack in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near the northern French city of Rouen, France on July 26, 2016. A priest was killed on Tuesday when two armed assailants seized hostages at a church near the northern French city of Rouen. Five people were inside the church in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray when it came under attack, interior ministry spokesman Pierre Henry Brandet said. The archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, named him as 84-year-old Jacques Hamel. Photo Collection Personnelle/Paroisse Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray via ABACAPRESS.COM

Bianche candele colano la cera
sui sacri paramenti ricamati,
lassù un coro d’angeli dipinti
che ride a quella placida atmosfera.

Di colpo spazza un vento la navata,
il Male appar vestito tutto nero,
il sangue d’uomo cade sul messale,
terrore e gelo tra le panche scure.

Corre all’indietro il Tempo con le ore,
migliaia d’anni non son più passati,
vedo i Crociati galoppare ancora
con il vessillo di un Dio crucciato !