In my need, why are you talking to me ancestral spirit?
Bringing me to my knees in guilt.
And now? —to graceful humility.
Yes, our resurrection is foreseen
In the light—of all our children’s
Friendships, courtship, and dreams!
Yes, of course, why? — late we sleep
Sleeping through the night
And not awakened with history’s presence.
—Bringing us constantly to our knees
In guilt, in weakened humility? And now
In our need
Gracefully show us what to do
And show me how.
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Note: Thinking about the Churches, and all common belief or non-belief religions. I grew up… with Jesuits giving me my early education, the Southern Baptists gave me my enthusiasm, the Roman Catholics gave me discipline, the friends Service Committee gave me peace, and Zen gave me enlightenment… I’m sure that is the same process for all families of their personal Faith and the path they take . I believe, we need to move into some ACTION … it should not be our surprise to submit our “Just” presence into injustice. Whether as a group, or as an individual. All the “me” (meeeez) become us.
ZoralinQ 
Gillena Cox
February 6, 2017 at 10:49 am
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much love…
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Gillena Cox
February 6, 2017 at 10:47 am
Always there will be questions along the path to enlightenment
much love…
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Audrey Howitt
February 5, 2017 at 9:34 pm
I loved this. Your path is maybe not to dissimilar from my own–we all need to keep our feet on our path
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Mary
February 5, 2017 at 6:07 pm
Oh, I do agree. Faith alone is not enough. It has to inspire action.
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C.C.
February 5, 2017 at 4:03 pm
Humbly asking to be shown what to do…..and, in your note…the call to action….the idea for us to insert the “Just” presence into injustice….yes, a million times YES 🙂
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Sherry Marr
February 5, 2017 at 12:08 pm
My spiritual path was much like yours, which keeps my beliefs as wide open as the sky. Love your poem. Indeed we could use some ancestral spirits to show us how.
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Rall
February 5, 2017 at 11:55 am
Yours certainly is a religious pot pourri experience Z Q.Good to know you gained something from all of them.
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sanaarizvi
February 5, 2017 at 11:35 am
Sleeping through the night
And not awakened with history’s presence.
—Bringing us constantly to our knees
In guilt, in weakened humility?
Such depth such emotion in these lines!!
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Truedessa
February 5, 2017 at 11:18 am
the ancestors speak as the world is changing…perhaps, we need to search for signs to lead the way in the journey to further enlightenment.
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