In Spite Of Ourselves (+4)

 What if God is the

 Universe

 

Not something separate

 and distinct

 

But the Universe

 itself

 

Eliminating the dual

 notions

 

Of Creation and

  Intelligent Design

 

Insuring our divinity

 as part of the whole

 

Insuring our divinity

 —in spite of ourselves

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

A Buffet Of Hate

 

Blood was toasted

 in a buffet of hate

 

A violent main course

 —whose dessert was death

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

 

 

A Gray Dawn

 

The gray dawn slaughters

the promise of spring
—with a desperate last goodbye

 

Its poisonous haze mocks
a sky forsaken
—with the sun again denied

 

Its blanket lowers
in a shroud of judgment
—its verdict darkly stained

 

To deluge its exit
in torrents of thunder
—as the light reflects in vain

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2016)

 

 

Madre

 

One vision

 one name

 

Two words

  —Grand Canyon

 

(Desert View Arizona: February, 2019)

 

 

Samsara

 

The discovery of Man

  —a genesis reborn

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)