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Merry Christmas to all..

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Merry Christmas to all..

I hope you have a peaceful and joyful celebration with family and friends

vanessa beeley
Dec 23, 2022
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"The worst thing we ever did

was put God in the sky

out of reach

pulling the divinity

from the leaf,

sifting out the holy from our bones,

insisting God isn’t bursting dazzlement

through everything we’ve made

a hard commitment to see as ordinary,

stripping the sacred from everywhere

to put in a cloud man elsewhere,

prying closeness from your heart.

The worst thing we ever did

was take the dance and the song

out of prayer

made it sit up straight

and cross its legs

removed it of rejoicing

wiped clean its hip sway,

its questions,

its ecstatic yowl,

its tears.

The worst thing we ever did is pretend

God isn’t the easiest thing

in this Universe

available to every soul

in every breath"

Chelan Harkin

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supun
Dec 23, 2022Liked by vanessa beeley

thank you wish you as the same ....to have a courage to carry on true journalism in the the justice

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Marc
Dec 23, 2022Liked by vanessa beeley

Beautiful verse and a gorgeous picture (that I’ve “borrowed”(!)) Thanks for everything you do, and have a lovely Christmas and New Year, Vanessa. I’ve a feeling 2023 will be another busy one ...!

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