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The Loudest Sound
The loudest sound does not echo the longest; the brightest star seems quite dull from afar. No one can judge true beauty from a distance, nor hear a nuance from a mile or two. The greatest deeds are not always … Continue reading
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Tagged darkness, enlightenment, epiphany, NaPoWriMo, prediction, salvation, surprise, uncertainty, unknowing
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Immersion
How long have I been down, immersed, a Dunker left beneath the wave whose new birth was to wash away my meaningless and lost before? And whose strong hands upon my head still hold me under, when they swore to … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, coersion, drowning, salvation, satisfaction, spirituality, submersion, submission
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On Milton and Dante
To each their own: let others speak of hells where self-damnation wreaks eternal havoc on the mind and soul; its torments let their thoughts embrace, imagining some devil’s face. I will not heed such useless folderol. It should suffice that … Continue reading
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Tagged allegory, coersion, damnation, Dante Alighieri, John Milton, personal responsibility, religion, salvation
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Hearsay
If they should tell you all the world is full of evil, and there’s nothing without sin, that life’s bitter extent is but a test to grind away transgression from the heart, the better to prepare your way elsewhere, or … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, daily poems, evil, gossip, hearsay, ignorance, proselytizing, salvation, sonnet, spirituality, truth
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