20 July 2012

By John Blase | July 20, 2012 |

O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days… ~ Psalm 102.24

The news reporter said you just can’t make sense
of something like this. He referred to understanding,
the singular sense; but what about the plural senses?
I can clearly make senses of something like this for I
see the tears huddling in the corners of my eyes and I
feel the trembling of my hands at the keyboard and I
taste the copper of blood from biting my lips and I
smell the fear that sucks oxygen out of thin air and I
hear the sleeping of my children who for now are
safe as the sun also rises on this dark July morning
that seems, I must report, to make no sense at all.
 

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10 Comments

  1. Amy K. Sorrells on July 20, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    yes . . .

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  2. nwhannas on July 20, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Indeed.

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  3. dukeslee on July 20, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Thank you for this.

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  4. Developing A New Image on July 20, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    fitting words, I feel so safe & yet…shalom en theos…..jim
    http://www.jimwork.com

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  5. Chele on July 20, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    Thank you John.

    Reply
  6. Megan Willome on July 21, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    Only poetry.

    And my teenage son (who went to a midnight showing) loved the movie. Discussed all the overarching themes as only a true comic book geek can. Went to see it again last night. And yet, the tragedy was all over the news at the Y, as it should be, but still … How do I hold both those things?

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  7. davis on July 21, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    in the midst
    in the mist
    of my days
    only my heart senses
    a small understanding
    of pain

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  8. hisfirefly on July 22, 2012 at 4:24 am

    truth rings loud, clarion call, Lord have mercy…

    Reply
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