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2 Corinithians 2:10

Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.

I’ve never more than reached for you--and so,
despite your openness, despite your close
proximity, I pull my hand away
again--for who am I if I am not
the one who gropes for you? (Fulfillment fears.)
If unperfected life’s no recompense,
it is, perhaps, the birthpangs of the song
of saints: When I am weak, then I am strong.
So please accept my vapid hesitance
to hold you prepossessingly when tears
I hide from you may prove the fuller lot
I claim today (and yet, my yearnings pray
sincerely for the ends of all morose
anxieties that stunt my reach to grow).

So beautiful, Joel, brought tears to my eyes. Sue

How beautiful, how deeply profound and moving. Thank you for sharing this, Joel.

ah joel. nice to read yr things, sire.

Classic poem.