Subj : [CHRISTIA] new poetry, "And Perhaps"
To   : Practical Christian Life
From : Mark
Date : Sun Jun 14 2020 12:57:45

From: lamppoet@CENTURYTEL.NET (Mark)

Still dying.

 

"And Perhaps"

("Whoever wants to save his life will give up true life. But whoever gives
up his life for me and for the Good News will have true life forever." Mark
8:35)

 

Protective, my sentences are guarded;
defensive, my paragraphs precise;
wrestling, I accept few invitations;
guessing, my statements entice
more questions.

 

Few understand my occasional stutters,
unplanned conversation is quicksand.
Words are ammunition; mouths, keyboards,
pens and paper blaze with fiery offense
the surer I am

 

All the world is a neighborhood
and not 
a conflagration of gangs and nations.




The poorer I am
of the certainties that
every earthly rubric
has a higher and conflicting rule
of peace by laying down our swords,
and taking up

 

Our neighbor's plowshares, across the street,
the stream, the river, the border

 

And making matters worse

 

Expecting to speak well of life through dying,
that my best thoughts still keep me
one step inside the line

 

That Jesus would have me cross
in time to heaven's tempo, at, perhaps
my own personal loss.

 

 

Perhaps,

mark p.

lamppoet@centurytel.net

 

Mark's Blog

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