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Genesis 44

— The Cup and the Heart Morning over Egypt.In Benjamin’s grain,a silver cup sleepslike a closed eye.The brothers ride north,carrying breadand what they do not know. In Sudan, the storehousesstand hollow as bells.I hold a cup of water,and the distancefills … Continue reading →

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Traveling to Normal

– in the Fall Creek Falls in Tennessee State Park We ran one hundred ten milesacross the globeto Spencer, Tennessee,two hours awayfrom the familiar world. Then, step by step,only 0.35 miles down,we enteredthe deep heart of hell. Forty-five minutes descending,with … Continue reading →

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Genesis 29

— The Lord Saw Leah Noon. The world gone white with light. In the field, a well,and on its mouth a stone,and under the stone, in the dark,water, holding a small round skylike a secret held in the chest. The … Continue reading →

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Mountain Road on One Lane

We entered a road older than memory, a single thread laid across the ribs of the Blue Ridge, as if the mountain whispered, Come—walk the way your ancestors walked, slow enough for the soul to keep up. The GPS, blind … Continue reading →

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Soliloquy of the Mountain Rock

The stone sits upon the mountainas though it had been there before the mountain learned its name. Long ago,when ice still ruled the young earth,some great hand of winter carried it— rolled it,lifted it,cast it forward— and left it here. … Continue reading →

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Regulator — Within the Rhythm

The Milky Way turns,the moon follows the earth,the sun descends through the gold of dusk—and all things move within a rhythmolder than our clocks. We built our lives around the hour:work, duty, waking,returning home. Then came retirement—the clock released us,the … Continue reading →

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Genesis Ten

– The Many Faces of One Humanity [Poem as Reading the Bible] After the waters,after the ark,after the mountainrose again from silence,the earth beganto breathe. A dove returnedwith an olive leaf—small as a whisper,yet enough to tell the heart: Life … Continue reading →

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“Against the Falling Water”

Last nightsleep came in three small rivers—an hour, perhaps two,then waking,then returningto the dark between breaths. Outside,summer burned at ninety-eight,feeling like one hundred five. My wife said,“Stay inside.The heat can wait.The weeds can wait.” But something in the body knowswhat … Continue reading →

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The Hands That Meet Beyond the Horizon

(the voice of Sehyung Lee) At the bottom of the abyss,where all names fall silentand life leans toward death,I saw two hands— one descendinglike a leaf released by autumn,the other risinglike a small flamesearching for the dawn. Between themwas almost … Continue reading →

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Beyond Religion

I widen the self—a river growing through silence,even as the world tries to erase silencewith noise, machines,endless invitations to become something else. Still, I seek the quiet:the breath before dawn,the small interior roomwhere the soul remembers how to listen. Rituals … Continue reading →

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