A Shadow of Reflection (2003)

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Open Poetry #37

A Shadow of Reflection (2003)

poettothecars
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since 2006-02-10

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0 posted 2006-04-28 01:20 AM

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A Shadow of Reflection
19 October 2003

When you look behind
the shadow of each word
Do you fit truth in
the secret heard

Or was there another shade
to such a spirit expressed
The idea of beauty from
an element of hate and anger addressed

For this may be the reality of
a tactician of words so placed
That the truth was an understanding
somewhere about faced

In a reflection of days
combating all a tide against
As if these works were
a cry of forgiveness
for one whom daily repents

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the
believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith,
in purity. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given
thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery
[elders]. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them;
that thy profiting [progress, advancement] may appear to all. Take
heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in
doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”
1 Timothy 4: 12, 14-16 KJV [words in brackets added]

© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)

a poet who cares

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2006-04-29 07:47 PM

Enjoyed...James

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