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The Book According To St Lovejoy 1:3 - Part 1

"The Book According to St Lovejoy 1:3 (Part 1)"

1. 3’s the Number so here we’ll commence
I’ll start moving while the non-believers
sit on their fence
A very little known Chapter, part of a
most significant Book 
all the stories are written with 3 in mind
Locked in a cupboard 
that’s gone missing 
the big split in the spine
indicates it’s unique in it’s position
lost in fractured time
with stories spilling out between the many pages
hidden under a stockpile of 
thick dust somewhere
won’t be missed in antiquity, nowhere
but has travelled so far
through canals its words cerebral
all swimming down a tight viscous
river of blood tar
out to that Sea, the Ocean
Life
perpetuating life another chapter arrives
into the world screaming, 
it breathes
in this Book there are always 3
for reading, not pleasure, somehow the 
chapters have all gone missing from 
the Family Tree.

2. Another Peter became Simon 
fished the Sea for his mother
he had a story in his chapters
that required slow 
then swift delivery defied
the story of bittersweet childhood all 
bottled up with a note, he threw into her ocean
but she’d already stepped onto the boat
down the Styx River 
to meet God the Father, 
Son and Holy Ghost.
Or so she thought.
Two fathers missing, two mothers host
but 3 is the number that will impresses
us the most 
An unread story, 
stolen delivery the Peter-Simon Creed
Nicene said before sleep to transport him away,
the other the piano self-taught 
played his own keys
sang all the pain away
both abused not believed
seekers of retribution 
now lost off course by several degrees
drowning in misery
one was down on his knees
LUX VITAE he said, this is my shield
he walks through the Light, 
the Light is his Guide you see
the other looks for release
past his muster time, walks round and round
the sharp corners of his mind,
a small locked room
lying there supine
next to the sea, 
he edits his story vigorously 
before he signs his contract
by Her Majesty’s Final Decree.

(Lovejoy-Burton/2017 Dec)



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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 16, 2017 at 2:32 PM "In forgiveness, there is freedom". In this case anyway. I just wonder how people can forgive the atrocities of terror, eg. ISIS for example. North Korea for example, or children who have been sexually abused and their lives swallowed up or snuffed out like a candle. But in this story, I have written, I believe below applies in all ways.

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM Beautiful words and thoughts below.

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 16, 2017 at 2:27 PM Matthew 25: 34 – 40 “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me. Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You? And the King will answer and say to them, Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” (NKJV)

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 15, 2017 at 6:01 PM "Simon Peter, also known as Cephas (John 1:42), was one of the first followers of Jesus Christ. He was an outspoken and ardent disciple, one of Jesus’ closest friends, an apostle, and a “pillar” of the church (Galatians 2:9). Peter was enthusiastic, strong-willed, impulsive, and, at times, brash. But for all his strengths, Peter had several failings in his life. Still, the Lord who chose him continued to mold him into exactly who He intended Peter to be." Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 15, 2017 at 6:03 PM Research for "Her Majesty's Final Decree". https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Peter.html