Monday, May 19, 2014

Aim

"Ready, fire, aim!" is the way
we most often activate
the diffractor beam of our anger,

raging against others, and
occasionally, self, all the while
missing both the point and the mark.

"All forgiveness begins
with self-forgiveness." she whispers;
and the god against whom
I'm actually intending to aim

is no god at all, but only
the undeveloped negative
of an image from when I let
someone else hold
my camera years ago.

Anxiety and her trust-busting sister,
Fear, are the ones trying
to throw up the boomerang shield,
which only keeps the hate circulating.

Ego, who fantasizes that he's
from an alternate gene pool,
believes he can harmlessly
and heroically absorb it all like
a nuclear waste storage facility.

Meanwhile, Grace sits on the porch,
patiently waiting for us
to unlock the deadbolt;
just dying to transform us
into the transparent beings
for which we've been blueprinted,

so that pain passes through,
whether self-inflicted or otherwise,
leaving us whole and unscathed,
and others are free to answer
Grace at their own door.
Photo by Todd Jenkins

© 2014 Todd Jenkins


1 comment:

  1. This is so, so true. Worth clipping and imprinting on the mind...and heart. Blessings to you for depth of insight.

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