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Heart's fusion = the way everything that is at the focus of our attention and affection join together to become "matters of the heart" for us. I admit that this is not a very clear concept, and I probably would have used something else if I had come up with a better word that rhymes. If you...

You wake up in a maze of confusion Stone tablets form its imposing walls Earthquake adds fear to heart's fusion Desperately seeking an exit before it falls Every moment it becomes smaller Yet its dimensions stay the same Menacing shadows grow taller As soul's nakedness meets its shame When the...

I think the point is just "You should not try to delegate responsibility for your decisions to someone else. Even if others asked you to do it, you chose to do it." Jumping off the bridge is just an extreme example to drive home the point. It's open to misuse but I think it can be useful in some...

I spent only a few minutes on this as I need to take care of other things in just a moment, but with these lines it could be: The human face of God Sweating drops of blood Quelling the flame of judgement Becoming the bread of life The vicarious divine rescue Carrying the curse to bless you...

The structure of it is supposed to be first AABC AABC and then switch to ABCD ABCD, although I break my own rule by not making the 9th line and the 13th line rhyme. I don't know if there's any official name for such a pattern (if you mean a name like "Ballad stanza" for ABCB pattern or others...

I studied to be a veterinarian just to meet chicks. To maximize my chances, I specialized in avian pediatrics. Then I switched careers. This time I studied archaeology and specialized in mortuary archaeology. I got to date plenty of women.

These would work. Would just have to also change lines 7 and 8 to make them rhyme. Perhaps I'll write an alternative version with these modifications.

I thought about that part too and was a bit unsure about how appropriate it is. I'm not trying to imply that Jesus went to hell to suffer or anything like that (he said "It is finished" when he died). But he suffered the penalty that for us would have taken the form of hell (which is obviously...

The human face of God Sweating drops of blood Into flame of judgement bound Baking redemption's bread The vicarious divine rescue Carrying the curse to bless you Invading contested ground Where no one could tread Garden of affliction For him to endure For the sake of salvation Of ones who lost...

Thanks for the positive feedback, ebdesroches and Moses_Young. I wasn't quite as sure about this one as some of my other poems. I remember struggling a bit to keep it "poetic" while also roughly following a narrative of events. That seems (to me anyway) more difficult than if the subject matter...

As is probably evident enough, this is based on the Gospel accounts of Jesus raising the daughter of Jairus from the dead. One could perhaps question whether it is appropriate to let one's imagination run and produce additional details like what she may have experienced during those moments, but...

In the gentle heart of Capernaum I was raised God-fearing parents caring for every need In synagogue where the Lord was praised It was my father who gratefully got to lead Yet blessed with only twelve years of age I felt the cold grip of sickness taking hold There was a man seen as a prophet or...

I posted this in another thread. Probably won't hurt to post it here as well:

Just to clarify, I do not present this as an actual and literal encounter that has happened to me. But I suppose, in a broader sense, all of Christian life can be thought of as a kind of encounter with God.

All pretensions gone away Not much left that could stay Only I and the masks of my many faces In life's theatre removed from its stages Silent words the mind of flesh utters These I could easily hide from others They too play games of pretend on a whim When conscience sleeps and lights fade dim...

How do the reindeer fly? I have no idea. But I did find this previously unseen footage.

I don't know about singing, but at least regarding the wings, it would seem most plausible to me that if angels have wings (in whatever context, be it a vision or a more concrete encounter) they are there for the benefit of us as the recipients of the message (to signify something) rather than...

So wrong. Santa lives in Lapland, Finland. His office is in Rovaniemi, Finland at the arctic circle even though he apparently lives farther north in Korvatunturi (still within Finnish borders, mind you - not gonna give up Santa to Russia without a fight - Putin could use him to basically...

Eternity turned to dust in a flare Seared conscience looking for lost remorse A broken man and his nightmare Chased and badly beaten by a dead horse Looking for the light within Realizing that it's darkness Born form and giving birth to sin The inner in search of the outer one There are...

In fact, the idea mentioned above only works if we assume that the Son did indeed remain God during his earthly life. Just like a baby does not cease to be a baby when placed among animals, he was fully God while on earth.