Denial of You... <br />Can be as subtle as a gentle breeze <br />Covering pile of ungoverned cravings <br />Settling mind restless at bogus ease... <br /> <br />Rejection of You... <br />So far-reaching, fiercely creeping <br />Infuriated as tropical cyclone sweeping... <br /> <br />Absurd! <br />That lies destructive, mortifying <br />Grow as weeds more 'potent' <br />Than truths liberating... edifying... <br /> <br />Bizarre! <br />That love is suffocated by selfish toxin <br />Self-interest in a barren region and exile <br />And Your Sacred Name attacked with lips defiant and hostile! <br /> <br />Renouncing You... <br />By pride - adoration suicidal of self <br />Breeding anger crushing, envy raging <br />And costly vain-glory; <br />The tyrannical robber of salt of the earth... <br />Of favors and gifts divine... <br /> <br />(Skating on thin ice... <br />Can swiftness be indeed <br />A safeguard from forthcoming demise? !) <br /> <br />Without you... <br />Earthlings are but sin and nil, catching sight <br />Of it is to climb the mount of might... <br />Triumphing over venomous, harsh pride. <br /> <br />Oh, the changing and swiftly dying <br />Not worthy of winning nor acquiring <br />Or bewitching intelligent thought <br />Cannot worship God for it is naught. <br />Forsaken by God... <br />Accursed slough! <br />The Ancient Serpent's repugnant <br />Nauseating blot.<br /><br />Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/spiritual-foes/
