Uncertainty
I do not go to church
But there is no denying the power of place,
A focal point,
A refuge.
I do not wear a cross
But the man on his knees before the image of Crucifixion
Has opened a door,
Willing to change.
I do not read the Bible
But within those pages are awakenings,
A path to realization for some,
Everyday eternity.
How do we tell one another what is necessary,
What is essential?
We are all explorers
Without words for the undiscovered.
Life is too big for complete revelation,
The course of our incarnations too short.
We must embrace uncertainty
As surely as we embrace faith.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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Turn It Off
Hooked on technology
So bad,
Whole generations
Will not miss
A life they never had.
Speaking quietly
Into the night,
Measuring the silence against the soul,
Just thinking about how the busy days go,
Seeing life from afar
Like a firefly in the dark,
Like a candle,
Like a star,
Turn it off,
Be who you are.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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True Blue Gurus
True blue gurus
Tell me who I should be
With such certainty:
Honest, honorable and wise,
Trusting in providence,
Patient with injustice,
Content with my haphazard existence.
Yes, yes,
It is a blessing to be alive,
But endless, underpaid labor
Leaving little opportunity for imagination
Does not engender exuberance.
True blue gurus
Tell me there are no real obstacles,
That mind is the matter,
But here in the world outside my mind
Things can go terribly wrong.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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Too Much Work
Too much work
Strips everyday life
Of love
And serendipitous happenstance,
Oh yeah.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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