#magi
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Before the Magi Came
-1 Maccabees 4:36-60
Yes, long before the holy Magi came
Judah the Maccabee brought forth his gifts
First scourging the Temple clean of false gods
In prayerful preparation for the True
And then presented God with oil and bread
A consecrated Altar of undressed stones
Incense and lamps and songs and grateful hearts
And an octave of inextinguishable light
Thus, long before the holy Magi came
Even before the Star, Judah brought a flame
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020 at 8:47 AM UTC
Once all earth was pleasant
All year spring from pole to pole
Seasons marked by flowers
and Food, but for some weeds, aplenty
Then time changed, marked by seasons
Time to sow, and time to harvest
Some land froze all year, some baked
In darkness and cold, the sun longed for
Then time changed again, chaos in the heavens
The day and month and year, no more certain
Stars wander, sun hidden at midday
Unending nights and dark days, tomorrow uncertain
Then time changed again, and no one knew
But for some Magi from the East
learned in the secret wisdom of Daniel
And time is now marked by the Week
And time will change yet again: who knows ...
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020 at 10:26 PM UTC
Like the horizon hiding between the
sea and the sky,
near and distant all at once. To me,
that's what you are.
Sandoval
Jun 8, 2017
Jun 8, 2017 at 2:20 AM UTC
You turned night to day,
The sun into moon.
You turned evil to good
weaving darkness into light,
revealing they are but one and the same.
Oh Magi!
I am in service
To you alone
For it was you who taught
that all springs from nothing ,
that a true master
Serves himself first,
and that there is divine beauty in chaos!
I am in service to you
for you serve
the sacred God head.
but above all I am in service to you
because you do not claim to be master of
anyone
but You.
Oct 21, 2016
Oct 21, 2016 at 12:14 PM UTC
(alternate title: in which i reference three things)
there is snow general
all over Ireland
and that's all I know
about Ireland
except that it rarely snows
all over Ireland
so that's what makes the
holiday special
clear white gleam so we
can have epiphanies
and during these epiphanies
we realize sacrifice passion love
is better than things
we can control
Jan 14, 2016
Jan 14, 2016 at 1:00 AM UTC
dine fødder danser.
dit sind gnistrer
dine tanker løber i vand, dit hjerte brænder
dans gennem morgenduggen, kærtegn
stjernerne og fuglene og søen
og sølvskæret og
der er L Y S i dine øjne, løber løbsk
en frihed,
ét individ, en glæde,
en skamløshed
Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 at 4:52 PM UTC
formen på et teenagehjertes begær
en streng eller
en klat eller
et levende, pulserende væsen
der bevæger sig i en hvilken retning den vil, på jagt efter ofre, snylteplante, plet på væggen, på lungerne, på himmelvævet
smagen af et uskyldigt
strejf på kinden
varmen fra en hånd
på ryggen, lænden, en længsel
lyset fra forvirrede følelser,
genskæret fra de forvirrede signaler
gadelampen, dine converse, vores stemmer
LYDEN: en banken - vi er her virkelig. det er virkeligt at vi er her - det er lige her, vi er.
Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 at 4:47 PM UTC
en skikkelse som aldrig forlader dig
den er der altid, ja, dér
intet harmfuldt, ikke en overvågning
blot for at sige
dette er kun nuet
der er meget mere der ligger bag dig og endnu mere foran dig
Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 at 4:39 PM UTC
en summen
i dine fingerspidser
som først forsvinder
når du rør ved noget du elsker
og den vender tilbage
så snart du helt har glemt følelsen
Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 at 4:38 PM UTC