(x = space)

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trinitarian

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nothing shall separate us

from the love of God

which is a promise

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so why do we feel differently

why do we shirk

why does doubt work so well

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we can say that it’s a sin

that it’s a fallen world

well enough

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but faith and love are so attractive

and so active

why back away

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there is the world

the match of us that says

none of it’s real

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that real is flesh and metal

while evidence of faith and love

has neither

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invisibility

dark glass

land of shadows

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these are what we have for proof

and means of proof

all of which is unconvincing

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peace passing understanding

but it’s understanding

that we need

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and will not get it

unadulterated

by the hard means of the world

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a world we feel

a world we have

and must live in for now

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and for an age

after the Anthropocene

and afterward

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who knows

and that is it

who knows

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promises as metaphors

streets of transparent gold

advocacy always in our favor

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should we choose

and we must choose

from lack of evidence

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we choose

and we do

and we believe

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crops are promised

in our seasons

wonderful abstracts

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turned real

and that is it

it’s all turned real

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faith

hope

and love

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a Celtic knot

tied and loose

three parts everywhere

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God

Earth

and us

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c l couch

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nothing shall separate us from the love of God

romans 8:38-39

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5,000 year-old triskelion on an orthostat at newgrange

by young shanahan – https://www.flickr.com/photos/youngshanahan/10644977574/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110911537

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