Outsider {Poem}

Originally posted on Lucy Gan:
As a single weed grows meekly amongst wildflowers Seen as a threat, Accused of stealing, Not belonging, Attracting enemies, Destroying others, Looking unsightly, Being a burden, But this particular weed is simply a tame plant demonized by reputation of supposed comrades that had no place in the life of the…

Angels In the Mist

Hours earlier, these droplets formed out of the morning mist. Settled here, they endow even greater beauty to an already beautiful image of God’s presence in nature’s cathedral. On this altar, these droplets are separate, yet from, and of, the same substance. The same essence. They will, hours from now, be transformed, imperceptibly, still theContinue reading “Angels In the Mist”

A response to religious bribery (corruption)

It’s deeply interesting to me that the religious corruption cited here is largely, to me, indeed a corruption of religious traditions themselves, and by the most visible/vocal religious adherents themselves. This is what gave rise to Nietzsche’s announcement that, “God is dead.” And it is the corrupt God-following zealots who killed God—who corrupted the wisdomContinue reading “A response to religious bribery (corruption)”