Faith
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On Why I Can’t “Church” Right Now
Yesterday I wrote about “rough drafts” – pieces and parts of articles in my inbox that are so emotionally raw to me and likely hurtful to people I love that I fear putting them out into the world.
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the cost of life seemed rarely worth the price
The Cost of Life seemed rarely Worth the Price / And as I Paid it seemed quite Poorly Spent / Now, Looking Back, would gladly Tender Twice
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Poetic License
But I learned – the very hard way – that if you never consider yourself, eventually you have nothing left with which to care for anyone else.
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“You therefore must be perfect” just like God
“You therefore must be perfect” just like God / It’s there in letters red and hot as blood
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People of The Books
a priest, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a bar…
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certain somethingness
I feared a sonnet love-filled ne’er could be; / For though I’d felt it, words would not align.
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stay right where you are and feel nothing.
Satan is silent as he destroys us, / then loudly runs away from us in broad daylight.
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Eternity it Stretches Forward.
Now as Lost Days have passed me by, Eternity it stretches Forward.
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Tick Tock
I used to prefer the peace / Of the silent sweep / Barely cognizant of the passing of time
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me/Me
mechanically mesmerizing / to be A me you want see…
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Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right?
Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right? ‘Tis 2 AM; we’re far from ending night.
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I’ve Found My Place
I’ve found my place; the place is peace, / Though tangled tempests tip the ship.
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Sonnet XLV – Let Nothing Fill Your Sail
If seeking Something, e’re the hope will fail; Instead, lie back, let Nothing fill your sail.
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Start. again. anew.
start. again. anew. transformed again by some truth
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I know not where to look or stand
I know not where to look or stand… I reach for footing; find just sand.
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Let no one tell you how to live
Let no one tell you how to live;It’s on that day you die a bit.Love is yours to take and give;Let no one tell you how to live.When joy is leaking like a sieve,push forward – hard – and never quit.Let no one tell you how to live;It’s on that day you die a bit.
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edges blur
looking In or Out the Window becomes Looking
defying atrophy 