POETRY

Scripture as a Verb

October 4, 2019

Scripture is a Verb

 

written words

old thoughts by old men

no doubt learned for their day​​ 

but static as soon as the

words were recorded

caught in their own​​ 

patterns and webs

seeing only what​​ 

any of us might see

looking for the truth

but grasping mostly​​ 

our own hurts and joys,

trauma and drama,

losses and gains they may

have tried to do their​​ 

best leaving us with

their brightest hopes

maybe not even​​ 

wanting us to not so

much live by the​​ 

scriptures

but to scripture

our own.

 

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