Take me as far as I can go before encompassing the knowledge that is only attainable with the departure from this finite mind. I am trapped in the theological web of humanity when my faith is screaming for spirituality. This word that connotates the reality that we are created to live in. The reaction of intense feeling, touch, sight, taste, hear, smell and the connection of our hearts and minds in a space that is an incomprehensible dimension. The tension. It rages within us while simultaneously stifling the actuality that is planted as a fountain of passion and bliss in our hearts. We cultivate our words, our intellect, our interpretation, our presentation. What are we striving for? There is a power that surges in our veins, synapses, and every cell.... this electric voltage that is so much more than the weakness of lightning that jolts like a source of energy illuminating the darkness. WHAT IS THIS POWER? This power that has been hidden from you America. America, the land of the free as your wealth stifles you so you cannot see. Blind to all that burns within your 50 states. Burns with apathy, burns with confusion, burns with a blanket thrown over it to suffocate the flames. Be careful with fire..... or the flame inside of you just might catch! Time is the only thing standing between you and the eternal flames. Yet time is elapsing and even retrograde motion cannot stop the heat of the minute hand. Tick. Tick. Tick.... a notion. Life is our dictionary. Live it before the ashes are blown away!
***I should probably write a little bit about this poetry before I scare some of you. I wrote this after coming back to the US from Zambia in 2005. I wrote this when I was overwhelmed with the wealth and the lifestyles of Americans, me being the prototype. I was writing about my experience with the Holy Spirit in Zambia, and how I wanted to see the US changed by that same Spirit. I had felt and seen the reality of the spiritual realm coming into the physical, and I had noticed that in Africa, the spiritual realm is very seen and is a part of mundane life. I longed for Americans to live in light of this reality as well. Since then, God has matured a lot of my views and has shown me many different truths in light of this struggle. As I continue to experience God’s love and heart for each culture in a unique way, I am following Him and His word throughout all of these challenges.***
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