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Petition
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God is good
(it’s how we start
a certain prayer)
And God must bear
What’s evil
Not for lack of love
But for the gift of will
That was
A gift of love
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We think angels
Don’t have it
Yet there was a war
In heaven
They will match up
At Armageddon,
The last ranks
And those who last
Will join us in
New heaven
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Creation is broken
We have stories
We can mend it now
Imperfectly
But make a circle
Others know how
And would show us
If we bring down
The barriers
Yes, the real walls
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There is legacy
In circles
Protection, celebration
The will to live
Because there’s love
Unashamed
Enduring
Persisting when
That’s all there is
Because the rest
Feels on fire
If only for a time
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Wait as in be patient
Wait as in attend
But we have one gift to give
Give it now
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C L Couch
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Photo by Buzz Andersen on Unsplash
I was visiting the Big Island of Hawaii with some friends and family, and my brother convinced the group to take a lava tour by boat. I always kind of balk a little bit at overtly touristy stuff like that, but I think everyone was a pretty shocked when we got our first look at the Kalapana Lava Flow after about a half hour boat trip down the coast. It’s such an awesome, phantasmagorical sight and, since they actually get surprisingly close to the spots where the rivers of lava meet the ocean and throw up sulfurous steam clouds, also a pretty visceral sensory experience.
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clcouch123 
September 3, 2020 at 8:34 pm
That is super amazing, I don’t wonder that you were inspired to write about it.