by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
I came out alone on my way to my tryst. But who is this that follows me in the silent dark? I move aside to avoid his presence but I escape him not. He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger; He adds his loud voice to every word that I utter. He is my own...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
And Christ went sadly. He had wrought for them a sign Of Love, and Hope, and Tenderness divine; They wanted – swine. Christ stands without your door and gently knocks; But if your gold, or swine, the entrance blocks, He forces no man’s hold – he will...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Here in this transport I, Eve, With my son, Abel. If you see my elder son, Cain, Son of Adam; Tell him that I am. (Scribbled in pencil in a sealed wagon used for transporting Jews).
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
It is not the feeling of anything I’ve ever done Which I might get away from, or of anything in me I could get rid of – but of emptiness, or failure Towards someone, or something, outside of myself: And I feel I must – atone – is that the word? T.S. Eliot...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
We returned to our places, these kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), The Three Kings....
