I Understand

Far truer than you knew

A Cinquain Series of Mercy

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I know,
I understand,
The way you learned to think,
The meaning of your dreams and plans,
I see.

I see
The fears you hold,
When you followed the rules,
Believed the things you had been told,
And so

And so
It seems to me,
Until not long ago,
This would pass, as the mindless lull
It was.

It was,
Yet, look and see
Beyond the blinding fall,
And learn of something new, somehow
Absent.

Absent
From Love’s ascent,
Caught in the maddened crowd’s
Hunger for power and revenge,
And lost.

And lost,
Clueless and deaf,
Staring at the abyss,
With a darkened spirit stirring,
Hell-bent.

Hell-bent,
Set for the chance,
Searching faithless glances,
Knowing some will take the deep plunge
Ahead.

Ahead,
Real and unreal
Must now meet face to face,
Transgressions set to know justice,
Mercy.

Mercy
You find instead;
The call of humble souls
Ask only for their daily bread,
Hungry

Hungry
For an answer,
One that may overcome
What hate and vengeance in the heart
Become,

Become
A better self
As real and resolute,
And far truer one than you knew,
Reborn.

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I know,
I see,
And so
It was.

Absent,
And lost,
Hell-bent
Ahead.

Mercy,
Hungry,
Become
Reborn.

“We must be saved from immersion in the sea of lies and passions which is called “the world.” And we must be saved above all from the abyss of confusion and absurdity which is our own worldly self. - Pg 38 New Seeds of Compassion. Thomas Merton

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With a special thanks for the inspiration of Gloria Farmer.

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