On our myopic
leaders: Is their vision fault
a problem of eye or heart?
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To see or not to
see is a question for all
leaders’ and followers” hearts.
Month: March 2015
Blind Bindings
When did our leaders
lose concern for others and
turn the focus on themselves?
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Mighty myopic,
are they not? They can’t see past
their fear, to clearer futures.
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Unseasoned Freedoms
Our founding fathers
did not fight for our freedom
to impress others, did they?
~
You might be thinking
not of our founders but of
Young Turks on the hill.
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Buyer Beware
But what about those
who peddle us their poisons
in liberty shaped bottles?
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Just as clothes don’t make
the man, neither does container’s
shape reveal what lies within.
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Hard Though It May Be
When confronted by
harsh and bitter, unpleasant
truth, what is the best response?
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Because the truth can
set us free, we must embrace
unpleasant liberators.
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New Spring for Old School
How likely is it
that we will ever see real
liberty at Liberty?
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I suspect I’m not
“at liberty” to say, but I’ll
bet “Sweet Briar” flowers first!
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Heavenly Offering
Since we’ve managed
to vint heavenly nectar,
what is manna’s recipe?
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Manna’s recipe,
at the risk of sounding not
modest, is momma’s.
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Transubstantiation
How do we begin
to transform the grapes of wrath
into communion wine?
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Strip first, the bitter
skin of anger and vengeance,
then ferment the heart and soul.
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What Light Can Do
And when that light shines,
What manner of creepy things
Will scurry for deeper clefts?
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When light reaches breadth
and depth, perhaps then creepy
things will be transformed.
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Illumination
When every which way
we look, we can only see
dark dead-ends, what then?
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Then, perhaps, the time
is ripe, to cast a little
light into those dark corners.
