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Kyrie Queries
Is Christianity a freckleupon the body of Christ?An infinitesimal sliverof a cake religion sliced?Is Christ stashed in a boxwith doctrines as its locks?The answer’s are anyone’s guess,but I bet they’re Yes, Yes, Yes. Mario A. Pita
Arboreal Self
Imagining my fingers sprouting stems,I saw from them long branches multiply,so though at first there were just ten of them,they spread to touch each star within the sky. Through being deeply rooted, I am freeto reach toward the heavens as … Continue reading
Bless, Sing
Your singing is a blessing:you bless us when you sing.From your songs, beauty blossomslike gladness does in spring.You bless us like a bluenessin which we can take wing.You bless us like a blanketthat shields us from cold’s sting.You bless us … Continue reading
Perspectives
A hand that seems to prop a leaning tower,a girl who holds the sun as though a ball,as if equipped with superhuman powerto carry it just like a thing that’s small. A couple seemingly inside a shoe,a ruler used for … Continue reading
Illusions
Our eyes play tricks on us, and we can tellbecause we know of optical illusions:our educated minds alert us well,so we won’t dumbly jump to false conclusions. Our minds can tell us when our eyes are fooledand keep us thus … Continue reading
Facing Music
When you were little, I played you a song,of prettiness, of how it will run out,the way a flower doesn’t last for long,the way it’s not what life is all about. I wanted to instill from early onthe sense there’s … Continue reading
Rose Cosmos
A rose that lasts a day may never fretabout its afterlife but simply bloom,not sensing its impending end as threat,not sinking into existential gloom. It needn’t seek its purpose in a creed,as of a rose arising from the dead,nor feel … Continue reading
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Essence Masseuses
The depths of being unreachable by handscan nonetheless be touched in other ways:with words and music we can reach those landsand seas that though unseen may still amaze. To touch the depths unreachable by fingers,we turn ourselves to artists, writers, … Continue reading
Musical Mentor
for Nate Shaffer Before you taught me how, I couldn’t playand sing along with music from the keys.A lack of confidence I couldn’t slayprevented me from doing so with ease. We shattered lack of confidence like glass.May many music students … Continue reading
Snapshot Couplets 