Bundles of paper work <br />Were laid on the desk <br />And the Bishop took <br />Days to have a look. <br /> <br />The final enquiry report, <br />That took a year almost, <br />To draw its conclusion <br />Landed in utter confusion. <br /> <br />“Some of the miracles <br />Are found beyond medical <br />Or scientific explanation <br />Or human perception.” <br /> <br />This finding indirectly led <br />To a conclusion at the end, <br />That the girl had seen <br />The Lady at the cavern. <br /> <br />It convinced the Bishop, <br />On the need to take it up <br />And the other formalities, <br />With the higher authorities. <br /> <br />One more miracle took place. <br />All the world labor force <br />Sent two millions francs <br />To the Bishop of Tarbes. <br /> <br />For a church to build, <br />On the Municipal land, <br />Near the Grotto ground, <br />Money was thus found. <br /> <br />Architect gave a design <br />To suit well the cavern <br />And the little terrain <br />O’er the small mountain. <br /> <br />The girl gave a description, <br />Of the Lady of the cavern, <br />That helped the sculpture, <br />To make a statue like her. <br /> <br />A Majestic building block, <br />The Basilica of the rock, <br />Like a beautiful Mansion, <br />Came up for consecration. <br /> <br />On the day of inauguration, <br />There was a huge procession, <br />Of Priests, Nuns, Sisters, <br />And people from all corners. <br /> <br />Poor Bernadette, that day, <br />Was to get up early, <br />But she could not <br />As her fever shot hot. <br /> <br />The celebration was o’er, <br />But still she had fever, <br />Perhaps for the Lady, <br />She shouldn’t be happy. <br /> <br />The Soubirous couple, <br />Of late, managed well, <br />With their own new mill, <br />Grinding corns plentiful. <br /> <br />Mayor’s income went up, <br />New hotels sprung up. <br />With the increase of visitors, <br />The town picked up business. <br /> <br />It was time for Bernadette <br />To renounce out right <br />All her worldly connection <br />In favor of a holy mission. <br /> <br />She was no more a peasant girl. <br />When she took up the veil <br />As a Holy Nevers’ Sister, <br />Care of Mother Superior.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a34-renounce-the-world/
