I Found Love

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  Symmetry60

  I won't ramble on because I've no need to. Some work speaks for itself. This is brilliant.

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  Vixility

  You really amaze me with your writings and the visceral depths you are willing to take on.
  
  I was instantly transported back into time and found myself beneath that sun-blazed and blood stained cross, witnessing firsthand the sacrificial act of forgiveness unfolding …
  
  Such powerful and ontically visual imagery used! The poem portrays both Jesus’ sacrificial act and the reality of his forgiveness in terms that are both gruesome and gorgeous—not hiding from the brutal aspects of his death, nor understating the redemption that that sacrifice afforded us.
  
  The fact that this poem is being shared from a collection of personal meditations makes this piece all the more special. One of the best of your poems I’ve read to date! more »

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  kazoo_k

  I loved the themes of this poem and resonated with them strongly.

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  emergentauthor

  There is A LOT to talk about going on in this beautiful, heartfelt poem. Love the repetition of "I found love" throughout the poem. I love the "human whipping post" and "love hanging on a tree" metaphors representing the literal embodiment of love, Christ himself and his body, and the blood metaphors, the authority of Christ to forgive sins for all humanity literally spilling out of Him onto the dirt, and in that moment, having the power of salvation and victory over death-the images and figurative language in this poem for Christ's sacrifice and suffering were so palpable; I could see and feel all of it as the wonderful picture created by the diction of the poem transported me to the historical scene. The description of the clawing thorns, being the crown the Roman soldiers made Jesus wear, the ones they pushed down into his skull, was so disturbingly vivid. And the overall message of the poem, the way it placed the speaker right up against what was happening to Christ, talking about kneeling on the blood-stained ground and the stench of the ground-I was truly captivated over and above the other poems I read-the message being to let go of your unforgiveness due to past hurts and trauma and to forgive-the idea of, placing you in the context of what happened to Christ, if you were right there, how could you not forgive? After what Christ went thru to forgive you. What a vivid way to make a statement. I thought it was brilliant. Well d more »

  LikeReply5 months ago