What if? drives me not to drink to brood to fume to anticipate failure exhaustion sorrow the automatic negatives eclipse the positives through no fault i find a no-fault faith answer through no fault faith i learn that no one was ever to blame exactly when I was taught fear and shame by being frightened and shamed it was inadvertent was a by product of being busy frightened in their own right…
What if?
drives me
not to drink
to brood
to fume
to anticipate
failure
exhaustion
sorrow
the automatic negatives
eclipse the positives
through no fault
i find a no-fault faith answer
through no fault
faith
i learn that
no one was ever to blame exactly
when I was taught fear and shame
by being frightened and shamed
it was inadvertent
was a by product of being busy
frightened in their own right
overwhelmed
when my little fragile light was told to
hide
censor
and existential fear said
gotcha
but my no-fault faith
better than any insurance you can buy
get out of jail for free card
perpetual
perennial
pleasingly invites
to a life of lightness after the harshest
voice is sent on an all expense
tropical vacation
all inclusive
have a nice time
I sure will
be kind
that’s how we live
now
be kind
Sometimes it is necessary to just/
set your face to the frontward gaze/
move through the storm/
tempted to turn back/
twisted with stress and concentration/
the only way ahead/
is ahead/
upon arrival/
the answer is/
rest
Sometimes it is necessary to just/
set your face to the frontward gaze/
move through the storm/
tempted to turn back/
twisted with stress and concentration/
the only way ahead/
is ahead/
upon arrival/
the answer is/
rest
This Light Sculpture: Expansions by Paige Bradley
Where do we see you/
breaking into our world today/
bringing light/
for our confusion/
Our warring madness/
Do we turn you away/
Or do we risk/
another change event/
by letting you seep your light/
into our despairing/
merciless preoccupations/
we are like frightened/
lost/
children/
as you once were/
guide us/
to your light/
in us/
This Light Sculpture: Expansions by Paige Bradley
Where do we see you/
breaking into our world today/
bringing light/
for our confusion/
Our warring madness/
Do we turn you away/
Or do we risk/
another change event/
by letting you seep your light/
into our despairing/
merciless preoccupations/
we are like frightened/
lost/
children/
as you once were/
guide us/
to your light/
in us/
Sometimes the contrast of life and death Evil and good Defies imagining burrows deeply Becomes a primary pain predicament A chronic illness of despair I have seen and been to the trapped and nullified stasis chamber life becomes anger turned inward and trapped paralyzed Yet this I recollect and reel back to mind God’s healing is hard wired into us at the sub-cellular level at the speed faster…
Sometimes the contrast of life and death
Evil and good
Defies imagining
burrows deeply
Becomes a primary pain predicament
A chronic illness of despair
I have seen and been
to the trapped and nullified stasis chamber
life becomes
anger turned inward and trapped
paralyzed
Yet this I recollect
and reel back to mind
God’s healing is hard wired into us
at the sub-cellular level
at the speed faster than thought
the speed of feeling
we are healed
forgiven
set free
to create beauty again
and
weep
for the nullified
trapped
world we are become
free to reel some hope into every closed
and bitter room we stagger through
that healing
invisible as the air we breathe
though we reject and decimate her
possibilities
has already called us home
Little ones/
You may dream them/
and must/
but do not live in your dreams/
nor bitterly rue the day/
nor frighten for the night/
some sliver of light will be there to follow/
some arms to help you waken/
and sleep peacefully again/
just realize/
dreams fuel/
your journey/
for which you must arise
Little ones/
You may dream them/
and must/
but do not live in your dreams/
nor bitterly rue the day/
nor frighten for the night/
some sliver of light will be there to follow/
some arms to help you waken/
and sleep peacefully again/
just realize/
dreams fuel/
your journey/
for which you must arise
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