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You make me

I like you because you make me feel likedI don’t like you because I know youI don’t know youI don’t see you I see only that you like meAnd that I like. I like you because you make me feel pleasingSo I’ll do what it takes to please youWhether I like it or notAnd I…

I must leave you

I must leave youBy the fountainBy the garden’s inner wallI shall close the door behind meSo I cannot hear you call. I look towards the mountainThough the mountain looks so farYou are so much further from meSitting where you are. I must leave youBy the fountainBy the garden’s inner wallI shall close the door behind…

Natalie Nice

Natalie Nice did not like viceShe ironed all her creases twice. Her smile was wideHer eyes were brightShe knew that she was wholly right. Her voice was sweetHer knife was sharpShe thought she’d like To play the harp. She always had a lot to sayAnd taught the world to work and prayAnd when she knew…

The Container of Abandoned Minds

There is a place Where standardised thoughtWill lead, if you care to go.Why so few see, where the path leads onIs hard to say, or know. The road takes little effortAs it slopes and twists and winds,But when you arrive, you’ll know the place;The container of abandoned minds. Its walls are sheer consensusTheir surface, entirely…

‘The evidential power of beauty’ by Fr Thomas Dubay

‘The evidential power of beauty’ by Fr Thomas Dubay

I’ve been browsing again through the book that Helen lent me, Fr Thomas Dubay’s “The Evidential Power of beauty – Science and theology meet” The quote that opens the book comes from Von Balthasar – “Every experience of beauty, points to infinity“. I highly recommend it for the wet weather; by which I mean that…

Certain Susan

Since we seem to be in the era of crumbling dictatorships..it might be the moment for Certain Susan.Certain SusanSwiftly rousedHad a causeWhich she espoused And she knewThat she was rightAnd God help thoseWho chose to fight. Those desperately seeking certaintySought certain Susan out And came to her with pens in handTo write her sayings out….

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