Oh wow. It's the particulars that really get me: the trafficked teen the screaming veteran, the rich people lost in their phones, but also the movement from the specifics to the 117 billion who have ever breathed....
This is a tough one. Would the divine really be able to relate to our pain? I can't imagine it, because he is always sure his pain is temporary. We cannot be sure. Anyhow, to me the grand editors of the gospel had to write the trinity into everything, to stop the wars, to foster the kind of literary continuity they wanted, etc., etc. The story would make complete sense if Jesus were fully human. So much would make sense if Jesus had never been forced into the divine box. It was never a box meant for him.
This is a poem I can hear and smell. You've embodied forsaken people so incredibly well here. Packed with compassion!
Oh wow. It's the particulars that really get me: the trafficked teen the screaming veteran, the rich people lost in their phones, but also the movement from the specifics to the 117 billion who have ever breathed....
I don't know how I missed this comment two months ago! Thank you so much, Melanie, for calling out the details that spoke to you!
Brilliant. Thank you so much.
This is a tough one. Would the divine really be able to relate to our pain? I can't imagine it, because he is always sure his pain is temporary. We cannot be sure. Anyhow, to me the grand editors of the gospel had to write the trinity into everything, to stop the wars, to foster the kind of literary continuity they wanted, etc., etc. The story would make complete sense if Jesus were fully human. So much would make sense if Jesus had never been forced into the divine box. It was never a box meant for him.
I keep thinking over your comment. It's giving me a lot to chew on!
Wow. Wonderful.
"I cry out / a question that really has no answer / because it’s what you all cry out / every hour." Wow. Thank you.