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A Father's Many Gifts

I stand Here in the Darkness, My Arms Crossed Against My Naked Chest. I Tear Away My Skin and Cast It into the Darkness. I Tear Away My Muscles and Cast It into the Darkness. I Tear Away My Tissues and Cast Them into the Darkness. I Tear Apart My Bones, Grind Them Together and Cast Them into the Darkness. I Stand Here in the Darkness and My Blood Falls Away. I Pullout My Brain and Toss It into the Darkness. I Pullout My Heart and Toss It into the Darkness. I Pullout My Eyes and Toss Them into the Darkness. I Rip Off My Ears and Toss Them into the Darkness. I Rip Off My Lips, Pullout My Tongue, My Teeth and All My Vocal Cords Tossing Them into the Darkness. I Have Given You My Skin so that Man May Have Hardened Earth. I Have Given You My Muscles so that Man May Have Forged Continents. I Have Given You My Tissues so that Man May Have Broken Continents. I Have Given You My Bones so that Man May Have White Frozen Lands. I Have Given You All My Blood so that Man May Have Wet Oceans. I Have Given You My Brain so that Man May Have Individual Thoughts. I Have Given You My Heart so that Man May Be Able to Love Each Other. I Have Given You My Eyes so that Man May See Each Other. I Have Given You My Ears so that Man May Hear Each Other. I Have Given You My Lip, My Tongue, My Teeth and All My Vocal Cords so that Man May Speak With Each Other. Above All These Physical Items I Have Given You A Soul with Definite Shape. I Have Given You A Soul that Man May Have Religious Individuality. I Am Your Father And I Love You. I Want You to Love One Another.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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