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We Are To Be Set Free
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Full Title:
(Together In Bondage) We Are To Be Set Free
Unable to escape the confines
of the cell, I am open to
a freedom so unfettered as to be
unknown to most men.
The company I keep in the institutionalized
annals of mankind puts me
with persons of high inner greatness,
Mandela may be my brother.
Our failure or accomplishment
out in the world's streets and fields
mean little behind the bars
and the impassive faces of the administration.
It is the utter isolation and
the pure absence of distraction
that pushes my mind to perform
acts of cleansing and purification.
Upon the emergence of my body, physical,
from this place, my spirit -
set away from its previous bondage -
will reclaim that temple proper.
-gsv
(For my imprisoned younger brother. He spent some time in Africa and fully appreciated the people and the land. Thus,
the reference to Mandela.)**
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It Is Hope
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Of an origin eternal it springs,
it has been spoken long into history.
At the roots of its nature divine,
it was seeded by His spirit.
In our most basic nature there lies
its core of constant action.
To each man, woman and child
it is freely set forth into motion.
Beside the well of the human heart
it dips a hand to stir the waters.
Out to a source enlightened,
it pulls the darkened soul.
Beyond the clear lines of reason and
sense,
it chooses a dwelling place.
With pieces of faith and scraps of belief,
it weaves tightly a cloak of comfort.
Before each required moment of
inspiration,
it stands awaiting entreaty.
Into the presence of the need
it most humbly goes to work.
Between life and death it pulls,
creating a joined and transitory road.
Upon completion of each task,
it alights briefly atop the finger of God.
About the business of the Creator,
it will forever there go.
-gsv 6/12/2000
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