Unchained
I should say something spiritual
Because I always should
You should, too
Not because we’re prophets
Or Plato’s philosopher-monarchs
But because the world of “ness”
Ideals
(chairness, truthness)
Is far beyond us
While we’re looking in the cave
And through dark glass
So anyone might speak
And everyone should have a turn
Not for the ego, no
Not for hidden revelation
Revealed for a profit (that’s the
money and the ego-kind)
But because everyone gets a turn
And another
In each round
That’s how we talk
And carry on with each other
And with God
Each one matters
In spite of what we do
Angels as the agents
Will keep tabs
Keep count
Make sure we get it right
Or pay for it later
No, it’s not a matter of punishment
It’s an issue of being fair
Though for each one lost
There will be a reckoning
(sorry)
So give each one a chance
Or maybe lose it later
And this is spiritual?
Well, not everything is gospel
As in good news
Sometimes the news is hard
Maybe the bookkeeper takes a lead
From our own media,
Which certainly must tell us
What we value
No?
Then change it
Change everything, if need be
If you can follow the rule of love
To do it
Bring your new army to the door
And don’t release a rock
From a sling
Or fire a shot
But win the day because
The gates of hell will not prevail
Against us
C L Couch
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August 11, 2020 at 9:07 pm
Sharing my spiritual contribution, Christopher. The first three verses of a poem by St. John of the Cross:
One dark night,
fired with love’s urgent longings
– ah, the sheer grace! –
I went out unseen,
my house being now all stilled.
In darkness, and secure,
by the secret ladder, disguised,
– ah, the sheer grace! –
in darkness and concealment,
my house being now all stilled.
On that glad night
in secret, for no one saw me,
nor did I look at anything
with no other light or guide
than the One that burned in my heart.
August 12, 2020 at 8:54 am
That’s a lovely quote at the end. As you say, we just have to peer into the darkness and see something in there. All we can hope is that how we decide to cope with what we find there is a good way. And yes, please leave the sling shots at the door.
August 16, 2020 at 10:32 am
Brother, i hope your words reverberate across the world for they carry essential message for all human souls. Your final declaration is uplifting. Amen. Amen. Amen!