eternal delight
(Blake says this of energy)

we wake up
do things

something propels us
if only energy
it seems
though there is cause
as well

we believe if rather subconsciously
in something
in
sensation or
satiation
with or without
then
ideology

we might be moved
by more
by something seen or heard
by
interpretation of a fact
to make a fact

somehow believe
that
this is true
and reason enough to go on

and if not the reason then
the rest
might be in peril

so maybe we need more
and
something lasting
or at least holding on to chores
and to
the rest

if starting with the smallest thing
the chore
(the
regular work)
or
simply to breathe first

a reason
before purpose
and a plan

let that go deep as well as
ready on the surface
so that
we move by not saying
or
by saying

faith
in
something
to have us in the night
and keep us
in the day

(reversing that
for
third shift)

could be God
could be someone
something else
though
should be easy strong enough
to last

not in perfection
‘cause basically that’s not
us
but fixable
as we are fixable

and
we are

tissue that doesn’t tear
like the Roswell
paper

the bulwark that Luther likes
cannot be overthrown

though
by the way
and by
the book
the gates of hell cannot themselves
prevail
against faith and collective faith
the rock it’s
said
of God

by all means
prompted by energy
and
so to have it

rest
and work
and play

also let grace and faith propel
our part
belief in something
by
the way we’re made

and so could take on
the maker

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Matthew 16:18

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake

photo by Eugene Golovesov on Unsplash