"In God's Shadow"

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Buttresses of stone rise with rough rocked lines

Portraying the domineering steeple, accompanied by gargoyle eyes

And under God's shadow I spell with forced mellow

To my soul for a thought, I appeal, echoing hollow

Searching meandering by-ways for inner connection

Pointed stained glass windows cast back a disfigured reflection

Grasping to see a shard of my whole self

I peer through iron bound Angels to find Mary and Jesus embellishing a shelf

To blood painted doors I step my stilted stride

With Mary and Christ, surely God must reside

Determined burning hands grip the gates chilled iron handle

Muscles strain, but fail to dislodge the wood bound by metal

The cathedral locked and blessed by holy saints, I turn

Unnoticed I leave reading, "Become of God and Learn."

The soulless chisel born message champions from beneath my soles


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