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I am wholly, drowned in skepticism at the religion I have nursed. Bloodline filtered by faith oceans drowning in fish, they rebel against evolution — never dare question rays of light, what lies beyond seashores, a galaxy spears stab free of testimony. I became a man in suburbs of Dallas — Eve crawled through whispers across earlobes, loosened my buckle on restraint, she planted seeds that led me to the cross, between reason and faith, the fruit I bore seems sweet to those blessed with filtered water, far from the Atlantic. I grieve at my mother’s sudden loneliness, my father’s eyelids hang forever heavy, my mother’s dulled knees through decades of prayer — accustomed to the weight. An alarming calm, tears flow and reign over us. Breath, fear where he is going, what lies beyond the ocean, galaxies unconverted, free of testimony, I am Holy.
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Jan 5, 2012
Jan 5, 2012 at 7:52 PM UTC
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I am wholly, drowned in skepticism at the religion I have nursed. Bloodline filtered by faith oceans drowning in fish, they rebel against evolution — never dare question rays of light, what lies beyond seashores, a galaxy spears stab free of testimony. I became a man in suburbs of Dallas — Eve crawled through whispers across earlobes, loosened my buckle on restraint, she planted seeds that led me to the cross, between reason and faith, the fruit I bore seems sweet to those blessed with filtered water, far from the Atlantic. I grieve at my mother’s sudden loneliness, my father’s eyelids hang forever heavy, my mother’s dulled knees through decades of prayer — accustomed to the weight. An alarming calm, tears flow and reign over us. Breath, fear where he is going, what lies beyond the ocean, galaxies unconverted, free of testimony, I am Holy.
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daniel-sanchez
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Jan 5, 2012
Jan 5, 2012 at 7:52 PM UTC
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