he failed because he never believed
even the infidels have more courage
more confidence
and they have no belief in God
he failed because he would not move
and to make no decision is to decide
and to make no steps forward is to stagnate
and begin a backward slide…
and he cursed his family name
he failed because he would not receive
so his heart, unaccustomed to real love
repelled its warm sensations ~
like a foreign, unwanted thing…
he failed because he did not obey the Spirit
he was a scribe…gifted in the art
but that was long ago
and as the light grows dim in his eyes
he will have no one to blame, for in spite
of all who tried to touch him
he failed
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even the infidels have more courage
more confidence
and they have no belief in God
he failed because he would not move
and to make no decision is to decide
and to make no steps forward is to stagnate
and begin a backward slide…
and he cursed his family name
he failed because he would not receive
so his heart, unaccustomed to real love
repelled its warm sensations ~
like a foreign, unwanted thing…
he failed because he did not obey the Spirit
he was a scribe…gifted in the art
but that was long ago
and as the light grows dim in his eyes
he will have no one to blame, for in spite
of all who tried to touch him
he failed
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