I wasn't at the temple on a foggy day again; I just decided that I liked a couple more of these pictures more than I had realized.
...and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country...
Monday, June 15, 2015
An Poem
I'm pretty sure I wrote this within the last year. I'll probably put something up above it, so that I don't have to look at it every time I open the blog.
Unglued
when you are unglued
your parts start to trail behind you
like bits of an exploded spacecraft
unloosed
hinges, nuts, bolts
near-- but not-- attached
not functional
Oy
and yet the world still drifts along
and you gather in a basket
the jumbled parts
hobbling along
catching something (probably essential)
again
Yes, yes!
I'm coming
I will attend
But my heart is bleeding out
If I could but find rest
perhaps I could reassemble
(slightly)
Or
perhaps
if I could but find
someone who could listen
Earth-bound, clockwork man
If I recall-- I don't know if I do--
The clockwork condition
was caused by too many wounds
in the first place.
I will rust if I cry too long.
I may cry forever.
But this much I know:
moving keeps the rust at bay
for now.
How do you become real again?
When-- how-- will I gain flesh and blood again?
How do I become myself again?
Is it true, what they say?
Is it true that God heals all wounds?
Is it true that He can turn
try into do
a stone into flesh
or bread?
The unreal into real?
They say
He created man from a clot of blood-- or clay--
a wound, beginning to heal-- a piece of raw material
should I not qualify?
Unglued
when you are unglued
your parts start to trail behind you
like bits of an exploded spacecraft
unloosed
hinges, nuts, bolts
near-- but not-- attached
not functional
Oy
and yet the world still drifts along
and you gather in a basket
the jumbled parts
hobbling along
catching something (probably essential)
again
Yes, yes!
I'm coming
I will attend
But my heart is bleeding out
If I could but find rest
perhaps I could reassemble
(slightly)
Or
perhaps
if I could but find
someone who could listen
Earth-bound, clockwork man
If I recall-- I don't know if I do--
The clockwork condition
was caused by too many wounds
in the first place.
I will rust if I cry too long.
I may cry forever.
But this much I know:
moving keeps the rust at bay
for now.
How do you become real again?
When-- how-- will I gain flesh and blood again?
How do I become myself again?
Is it true, what they say?
Is it true that God heals all wounds?
Is it true that He can turn
try into do
a stone into flesh
or bread?
The unreal into real?
They say
He created man from a clot of blood-- or clay--
a wound, beginning to heal-- a piece of raw material
should I not qualify?
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