{"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":" I am in Target, trying to find those\u00a0 small travel-size kits of shampoo and soap, drifting away from the task at hand, thinking about Pascal burning\u00a0 at midnight in his room, his eyes\u00a0 ablaze with God, stitching his epiphany\u00a0 next to his heart.\u00a0 We are not at one with this world. We lay foundations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"issue":[289],"coauthors":[301],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n