{"id":1486,"date":"2023-05-27T20:45:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2023-05-27T20:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:45:44","slug":"epiphany-and-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pensivejournal.com\/poetry\/epiphany-and-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Epiphany and the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am in Target, trying to find those\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

small travel-size kits of shampoo and soap,<\/span><\/p>\n

drifting away from the task at hand,<\/span><\/p>\n

thinking about Pascal burning\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

at midnight in his room, his eyes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ablaze with God, stitching his epiphany\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

next to his heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We are not at one with this world. We lay<\/span><\/p>\n

foundations for homes we will not\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

inhabit. Tea cools untouched.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Books lie open to chapters we will<\/span><\/p>\n

not finish. Under the gray sky<\/span><\/p>\n

we are restless, weary,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

walking without vision,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

with shortness of breath.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If we think God is up there,<\/span><\/p>\n

we are lonely always. If the strong man<\/span><\/p>\n

could know when the thief would\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

break in, he would\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

bar all doors and windows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The door is unlatched, Silent One,<\/span><\/p>\n

Mysterium Tremendum.<\/span><\/i> Enter at<\/span><\/p>\n

will; set ablaze this heart.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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