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

10 comments

  1. 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. 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. 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. humiliation can make you humble

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

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

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

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  9. Beautiful poetry and the image's simplicity complements it.

    xoxo

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