Why Not We Begin Today Part 3
~~
~~ Looked- ~~
~~ down-deep- ~
~~~~ within, ~~~~
~~~ cried ~~~
~~~~ ~~~~
~~~~
~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ out-for-Jesus-itself for-the-first- -~~~~~~~
time no please; ~~ no... no-more; ~~ please Jesus God,
no make-it-stop; carrying-with-it and knowing-
for certain if-but-for-but-only- for-a-moment-
the-painful- ~~~~ result, ~~~~ of-its flight
from-this- ~~~~ truth; ~~~~ from its
listless, and-purely-
senseless, movement-
~~ of aggression, ~~
sharing, the-feeling also-
~ felt; by its devotion to ~
~ this. By ~ ~ allowing ~
~~ itself-to-live exclusively,
in-this-fruitless, indifference,
truly-stubborn, and inconclusive;
~ erroneous- ~ ~ illusion! ~
~~ And what if it did long to ~~
know and moved-never to forget;
the-humble-cry-from-the-hearts,
the-needs-of-the-many, hurting,
the innocent answered, living
dying, fading-away amid the-
battle-raging-war-on-them,
inside-its-eroding prison;
amid the echos of their
souls-emptiness; hoping
praying-quietly, to-have-
the-righteous-comfort-
of-their-lost-lives,-
~ again ensured. ~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Screaming out why, ~
~ far-and-wide-high-and- ~
low-in-the-dark; trembling
~ alone in the cold, searching- ~
~ frantically, for the truth... lost;
~ gone awry, totally amiss, being ~
the only obvious; driving question,
~ pounding away... relentlessly; ~
~ stripping-them-of-their-freedom
~ squandering-the-treasures of- ~
~~ their-stolen-security ~~
~ and fullness-of-spirit. ~
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~ So what if love joy
and hope, honesty and
patience; consideration,
~ generosity mercy and- ~
forgiveness, compassion-,
~~ and unconditional- ~~
~~~ understanding, ~~~
~~~ and the-beauty- ~~~
~~ revealed-in the-way ~~
~~ of their-faithfulness- ~
~~ to-the-very-principal, ~
~~ of-remaining-open, ~~
~~ brought-bitter-hate ~
~ to-its-knees? To finally-
~ acknowledge-this; and-
in-surrendering; it was-
~ transformed-and made-
~ again through-this. To-be
~~~ accepting. Was- ~~~
~ willing, to-work-as well
setting-them-free, living-
as-one-with-them as it
strived for the perfection
the protection, of these
~~ greater things? ~~
Oh-yes! What then? Could be?
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Copyright © James Long | Year Posted 2010
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