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JL
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0 posted 2006-06-25 03:37 PM


No Matter How You Slice It


Bread is bread,
fruit is fruit
A stunning revelation
to many who try with dread
to explain
water
or
the very first rain…

Stuck in a fantasy
of could be
might
or
that’s what the “experts”
insanely explain…

Fearlessly until that hour
man will continue to grovel
and scratch for truth
unwilling to accept
with childlike simplicity
No matter how you slice it,
bread is bread, and fruit is fruit…

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And he said unto me,
Seal not the sayings
of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
~Revelation 22:10


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Magnus
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1 posted 2006-06-25 03:59 PM


Thought provoking piece,  this I must say.
jody5
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2 posted 2006-06-25 04:06 PM


That was a great write.  Much enjoyed.

Huggs Kimberly


Martie
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3 posted 2006-06-25 04:49 PM


JL

Water or first rain ...to try and eplain can make beautiful poetry.

Margherita
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4 posted 2006-06-25 04:58 PM


It's our nature to scratch for truth ... but as you say "childlike simplicity" is the secret to the unveiling of many mysteries.

Appreciated your ponderings, dear JL.

Love,
Margherita

LeeJ
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5 posted 2006-06-26 12:40 PM


Amen!!!

Well written and said...

Startime55
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6 posted 2006-06-26 12:46 PM


Bravo...perfectly said...we need to look around and gaze with childlike joy at the beauty of His creation....I really enjoyed this poem...*big hugs*

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7 posted 2006-06-27 05:34 AM


smiling at you*
Sunshine
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8 posted 2006-06-27 12:16 PM


A stunning revelation
to many who try with dread
to explain...

...the very first rain…

~*~

Brava!


ThisDiamond
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9 posted 2006-06-28 06:20 PM


I thought as I read this, about how most human beings, when faced with the obvious...will try to see beyond the face of the truth looking at them...

I wonder if that comes from learning faith, and the belief that there is more than we can possibly see to most things...

And then I thought...I always see strawberries in brocolli...because I like strawberries, and it's easier to swallow that way, instead of holding my nose...LOL.

Great write, JL

JL
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10 posted 2006-06-29 12:46 PM


Thank you all soooooo much!

TD: Right-On!

JL


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