I see the struggle to set/
parameters/
of complicated truth/
so futile/
so necessary to happiness/
I am not content/
to be happy/
in my complicated webs of truths/
that obviate/
the truth of others/
I rest in simple profoundly uncomfortable/
truths/
a disturbing bower of hardly restful discontent/
in which i am too comfortable/
already
I see the struggle to set/
parameters/
of complicated truth/
so futile/
so necessary to happiness/
I am not content/
to be happy/
in my complicated webs of truths/
that obviate/
the truth of others/
I rest in simple profoundly uncomfortable/
truths/
a disturbing bower of hardly restful discontent/
in which i am too comfortable/
already
We will do the things we have done/
As we have always done them/
Be comforted/
Perhaps/
Give alms/
In the shadow of/
Our great charade/
The Christ child/
borning/
Finds no refuge/
despised/
No refuge/
Here/
I remember/how odd it seemed/that a tropical Christmas was normal/for both my parents/as children/as a child of crisp cold mornings/longing for snow/I tried to imagine the ever present mood/in a place of summer heat sweltering/but full of joy/love/and light/just the same
About to depart on the last flight I will physically inhabit this year actually two actually four they will be quick one hour or less each then driving being with wonderful people sandwiched between monotony and frissons of fear then reverse flights then more long haul driving then I get to throw my heart in the air and wait for the girl at the gate tomorrow there will be little elegance but I…
About to depart on the last flight I will physically
inhabit this year
actually two
actually four
they will be quick
one hour or less each
then driving
being with wonderful people
sandwiched between monotony and
frissons of fear
then reverse flights
then more long haul driving
then I get to throw my heart in the air
and wait for the girl at the gate
tomorrow there will be little elegance
but I can be kind
and we may all be principled
and brave
the way I look at it
what a privilege it is
to live out in airport lines the
message of hope and peace
we proclaimed
in church
today
Some strange peace
occurs in the midst
of pain
of violence
it is a decision
made in time of storm
a decision in our grasp
though
certainly
strange
Some strange peace
occurs in the midst
of pain
of violence
it is a decision
made in time of storm
a decision in our grasp
though
certainly
strange
It’s rough out there
and it wears us down
hones the inner critic
to a fine point
the inner censor to rapier sharpness
the dismissive sarcastic wit
to incisive shiny canines
worst of all fear takes over the controls
a fear we learned about ourselves
long ago turns outward
still ravages inward
It’s rough out there
and in here
so be gentle
everywhere you look
It’s rough out there
and it wears us down
hones the inner critic
to a fine point
the inner censor to rapier sharpness
the dismissive sarcastic wit
to incisive shiny canines
worst of all fear takes over the controls
a fear we learned about ourselves
long ago turns outward
still ravages inward
It’s rough out there
and in here
so be gentle
everywhere you look
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