Power
Wrong meets right. The fight is strong. Laugh, they will. Cry out, they must. Shout, at the top of their lungs— Justice must prevail. So many innocent lives Have been crushed by the fist Of the...
View ArticleA Reflection on Juneteenth
Crimes unimaginable Sins unfathomable Wrongs not righted With an apology, A soft word, Or the stroke of a pen. Pain to the deepest parts Of the heart and soul, The very fiber of one’s being, A wound...
View ArticleWalmart Pariah
A woman stands at the entrance With a shopping cart full Of her cherished belongings, Waiting patiently on the generosity, Or, rather, pity, or worse, guilt, Of the passerby, to convict, To shame, or...
View ArticleThe Uncertainty of Truth and a Leap of Faith
Knowing the truth is possible but being certain of the truth is not possible. Certainty is a luxury of the ignorant. There is an argument that can be made against the existence or presence or activity...
View ArticleA Prayer for the World
I closed my eyes to the world, For I could not bear another Moment of its peril, Persecution and sword. All the fighting was too much To take in each day, The cruelty and carnage, The swearing and...
View ArticleLost
I want to get closer, But I’m afraid. I want to pray, But I’m not sure Who I’m praying to. So many different images In my mind, Competing for my Attention. Who are you, And what do you Want from me?...
View ArticleThe Lord’s Prayer with commentary
Our Father, the best father imaginable, and if not imaginable, the best Mother, or Brother, or Sister, or Friend; Who art in Heaven, that place that isn’t a place, the perfect state of being, of...
View ArticleReaching Out
Reaching out. Waves crashing, At my feet. Love crushing The air Out of my lungs. What is to be Expected From my great God Next? Joy is pulling out My fingernails. Peace is knocking me Unconscious....
View ArticleThe Fight
With a battering ram strapped to my forehead, I push through the glistening walls of the great cathedral. But for what? Has this victory won me anything of value? After all, the war has already been...
View ArticleCarried Away
Life flowing from my heart Is cut down by rivers of doubt. The rushing water wears down My early oaths and affirmations, Slowing my faith to a halt. My simple plan to ditch the man of the gospels,...
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