And so it goes

Friday, 28 March 2008

And so it goes
we are taught to
mistrust our own bodies
yet
the kingdom of heaven
is within them
so
we trust neither
ourselves nor god in us 'n
think that self-despising
is humbling ourselves
when really
it is just
humili
ation
at

10 comments

  1. The Dream29 March 2008 at 01:15

    big difference between humilty and humiliation. bizarre how many lump them together. have missed you ... i'll be catching up on all of your posts sooooon.

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  2. Jennifer29 March 2008 at 03:02

    See...you chose just a few words to way what I was trying to get at. I'll read your book when you write it.:)

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  3. Sue29 March 2008 at 10:12

    Dream - it is bizarre, isn't it. I think mistaking humiliation for humility comes out of being wounded ... and being humiliated, I guess, funnily enough. Ive missed you too, dude!

    Jennifer - I wrote this poem over a week ago - we seem to be thinking about a lot of the same things :)

    Writing a book - maybe one day

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  4. urbanmonk29 March 2008 at 11:58

    humiliation can make you humble

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  5. Sue29 March 2008 at 23:34

    Monk - yeah, sure can. God in the depths.

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  6. Jennifer30 March 2008 at 01:47

    Sue,
    It's a profound and lovely poem. Good stuff :)

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  7. Sue30 March 2008 at 12:36

    Thank you, mah dear

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  8. Shelia30 March 2008 at 15:03

    Wow! Knew you had the poets soul, just didn't know you wrote the poems.

    This one is quite good. Distilled but profoundly expressive.

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  9. Sue30 March 2008 at 18:23

    Shelia - it's not bad. I could rework it a bit but I got lazy :)

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  10. SUNRISE SISTER2 April 2008 at 05:39

    Beautiful poetry and the image's simplicity complements it.

    xoxo

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