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ivordavies
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since 2007-01-10
Posts 739
Chester, England

0 posted 2007-04-28 07:00 PM



Dogmatic Doctrine

Can I kiss a Catholic
or a Muslim or a Jew,
A Buddhist or an Atheist,
a Sikh or a Hindu?
Can I share their faith with them
and not condemn my soul,
To eternal persecution
in the Devil’s deepest hole?

Can I offer love to those
who are not always straight.
Who’s love is shared with their own sex
or either kind of mate?
If so, am I a pervert
who can’t pass through heaven’s gate,
is it true that love can lead to hell
as surely as can hate?

Can I really lead a life
rejecting all I find
that meet the inner feelings
that have formed within my mind?
Is it true that I’ve no right to choose
the things I want to do,
but just accept I must conform
to things that can’t be true?

If this is so I’ll tell you,
then this life is really hell,
the Devil’s won already
we are bound within his spell.
But I’m sure that God Almighty
is around for All Mankind,
whatever path we follow
or whatever love we find.

Ivor G Davies

The moment created this second, is a  moment that's going to last.
It lives the full spectrum of time, the future, the present and past.

© Copyright 2007 Ivor G Davies - All Rights Reserved
Drauntz
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since 2007-03-16
Posts 2905
Los Angeles California
1 posted 2007-04-28 07:46 PM


my dear sir, how brave you are to put all this in your poem. nowadays, we try to avoid certain topic. You are wonderful,sir.
love...be the love from God.  

beautiful.

Robert Jordan
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since 2007-02-07
Posts 392
Philadelphia Pa USA
2 posted 2007-04-28 08:51 PM


Ivor,

This is well done.  The only thing I would change is to drop the second "a" in the line:

"a Sikh or a Hindu?"

Bobby

ivordavies
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since 2007-01-10
Posts 739
Chester, England
3 posted 2007-04-29 03:00 AM


Drauntz,

Just speak my mind...

Bobby,

Maybe because you're dropping your H's - LOL

(always tempted to put 'an' before H, but then that's not English sir!

Thanks for the comments,

Have Fun,

Ivor

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