Wednesday, July 11, 2012

separate is something we are





i believe separate
is something we are, not what we suffer
apart from whole
apart from a wholeness...
we are born
labeled and longing self
its defining moment
of again - being whole

i believe we come uncertain of any,
biased by design, bearing an emptiness
delivered by our maker - so too mark
our days, plead our nights
and spend a life signed in
metaphor

we come fired by hope, fed by wonder
seeking summary
of all we see - we come separate, single
and cradled in a menagerie
of repeated surrenders, timeless meetings
and requests of intercession from
first breath - to our finite end

i believe separate is what we are, 
not what we suffer
we are the separation, the division and the longing
of a god that seeks a wholeness
only certain of self - when again
we are united...

bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2012

15 comments:

  1. we are the separation, the division and the longing
    of a god that seeks a wholeness
    only certain of self - when again
    we are united...dang that whole last part bk is stellar...you build to it well, but i really like that closure....smiles.

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    1. thanks Brian - I have been thinking about this one for a few days..did not have ready for yesterday's open link...but sometimes that is the way is goes...bkm

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    2. glad to see you made it back for this one...smiles...

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  2. we come fired by hope, fed by wonder - this is something we all need to remember and come back to...

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    1. Yes Suzi we must always carry that fire of hope... Bkm

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  3. WOW!
    Not repeating what Brian wrote--but that is the wondrous essence of your post today. Some might call this deep stuff, but it is SO simple, with minimum of belief, hope, and a lotta LOVE!
    Thank you, Barbara.
    PEACE!

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  4. I am so glad you like it I was hoping you would read it, thank you....bkm

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  5. I believe your "write"! It's a wonderfully worded message.

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  6. Love this... Especially the second stanza.

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  7. I don't stand where you stand, feeling more whole in the separation and am not too enamoured with hope, but you do a fine job of writing your case, fine stuff.

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  8. Wow from me to. Every word resonates with me. Soemthing I can spend some time thinking on and beautifully structured so it plays like music in my mind as I read.

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  9. This is very special, deeply reflective, giving up treasures with each reading. Laced eith so many good lines and stanzas, richly woven to form a deeper awareness of self and its meaning.

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  10. This is almost a creed, with that repeated "I believe", and that brings something ineffable to the verse.

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  11. Yes, even with all the constant communication that our gadgets afford us, we're becoming less and less connected to each other, and life itself.

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  12. life signed in metaphor and also in loneliness :(


    Lillian Gish

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