in the room of hanging wires,
flaming
all I can do is run outside
finding freed love
cancels the curse; destroys dark
thoughts closing in—
clearly, you love me
outside
the madness
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no one can tell you what you mean: where you’re from;
that your parents conceived you too soon—
or too late
only you know the weight of your own glory
the stardom that comes from someone who loves you
looking out the window, down the long drive
on a winter’s night (Christmas Eve)
for your longed-for arrival only you
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a night out under the stars, shivering
for soul care suffering
a form of prayer
(heard a far way off)
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come boldly, with open arms and an open mind
and an open heart
I know: you can’t.
not yet, not now,
not again.
I know.
but come boldly—
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we think we’re in the DMZ; that there is time to decide,
but really, there is nowhere unknown
as for or against
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when Abraham needed a sacrifice
and took his son up the mountain;
he found caught in the bushes
a ram the great I Am
caught in the bushes, held fast
a sacrifice, substitute
for a boy, a man
I Am
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each of us have our own way marked out,
not to go our own way, as if it wasn’t marked out,
but to find the way marked out for us
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