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Spiritual Foundations.

Forgiving is divine when given unmerited A willful sin is an eternal burned etching The penitent spirit forever uninhibited Not able or willing to stand by itself Love blooms purest in the midnight hours The most chilling moment for the heart To the eyes of ignorance the bright beacon Is the cascading blush of the soft candle Within death’s gaze life is unremitting Stubbornly courageous calling out “I Am” In the enormity of existence lifeblood drips Here the frailest of eyes struggle’s to see From war machines fly the banners of harmony The conduction of peace we endeavor toward Recycling our arms and forgetting the sacrifices Proudly following its flag for a moments chance Divinity resides in the cathedrals magnificence A perfection toiled brick by brick upon limited hands Generating hope our faith shields out the menace Given freely to all the price a willing prayer of thanks Infinity exists in the most finite of moments That continuous cycle of past, present, and future Trusting the hand of the generous creator Momentarily pausing at the gateway…trying to grasp For we are only men…

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