#Poem
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Let us turn backnot as the certainbut as the woundedfinding our way by ache We were torn with the veiland the tearing taught us our namesWe were struckand learned the language of need After the long second nightwhen hope learns how to kneellife stirs beneath the sealed stone of habitand waits for morning On the… Read more
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Why have You forsaken me, Lord, why so far from meWhy have You forsaken me, Lord, why so far from meI cry till my throat is empty, still no answer comes to me How long, LordHow long Still I’m holding onStill I’m holding on They cast their lots for my clothes, they play their gameThey… Read more
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I want to leave it allthe careful keeping,the small cache of certaintythe names I give to fearso I can pretend it belongs to me I want to leave it allto love Not the soft word I usewhen I mean comfortbut the love that madethe first bird lift its chest into airwithout asking permission That isto… Read more
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Holy God,You tell the story slowlyas if giving us timeto find our place in it. A road stretches from Jerusalem to Jericho.A man lies brokenwhere no one meant to stop. We recognize the dangerand the cost of compassion. But thenYou turn the story toward us. The question is no longerWho is my neighborbutWhat will we… Read more
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All are bornwith the same breath of God,the same imprint beneath the skin No color, class, or tongueadds weight to a soulno difference subtracts worth To wound another for what they areis to deny the Creatorwhose image they carry Equality is not an idea to debateit is a truth a command to obey -based on… Read more
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We must stop callingour own noise love If it never costs us timenever rearranges our lifenever risks our reputationit is only talkrehearsing itself Love does not announceIt shows up Not in wordNot in speech But in truth that bleedsinto what we do -based on 1 JN 3:18 Read more
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Holy Spirit,Breath within my breath,remain. I yield the noise of my heart to You.Pray when I am unable.Burn only what keeps me from God. Form Christ in the hidden places of my soul.Bend my will toward love,my desire toward truth. Stay.Guide me into the fullnesswhere nothing is divided,and God is all. Breathe.Pray.Form.Stay. Now and forever.Amen. Read more
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They said every life is sacredThey said amen They said obey the lawThey said amen They said this is necessaryThey said amen They said it is not personalThey said amen At dawn the doors were openedAt dawn the fear was learned They said order is peaceThey said amen They said Romans said submitThey did not… Read more
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Winter speaks in fewer colors,a stripped languageafter the eloquence of fall,before the abundance of spring. The world is mostly breath and bone,fields hushed to a single tone,as if creation has learnedthe holiness of restraint. Yet nothing is empty. A cardinal burns redin the wide cold silence,a living emberset deliberately against the pale.Evening gathers fire at… Read more
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Not the neighbor you would have chosen.Not the easy one.Not the safe one. The command does not ask your opinion. Your neighbor is the interruptionstanding in the middle of your life,carrying need you did not scheduleand wounds you do not want to touch. They are not theoretical.They are here. You do not get to edit… Read more
Prayerfully Poetic 