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CONVOLUTED CONUNDRUMS: Sifting Life

by Of Fire Born mourns Mama

Rated: 18+ · Book · Philosophy · #1063327

Mulling, culling, and musing the confusing... in Blog format.

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Monsters
Evil incarnate to their kind gives rise,
their nourishment found in blood-curdling fear;
horror-swept dreamscapes they stalk in disguise,
unleashing terror, they draw ever near.

Defiled wombs in hell to their kind give birth
to seek symbiosis with souls in need;
in lost and rejected spirits on earth ~
on their very marrow, such monsters feed.

Iced are their fingers and vacant, their stare,
black are their hearts, sustained by putrid breath;
sucking the lifeblood imperilled souls share
to spew forth their spawn of hatred and death.

But they may not linger where Faith abides...
for Hope's children fear not their raging tides.

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I stand in awe of life's predisposition for imploding, swiftly morphing into a churning, perilous vortex that mankind is hard-pressed to navigate, let alone survive. Maintaining a foothold and emerging from the gales unscathed seems wholly contingent upon survivors' personal philosophies, capacity for tolerance, and coping skills. Without these, the vortex becomes the portal to a toxic black void, and man stands naked in the spiralling eddy, awaiting the final flush.

The mission of this journal is to examine life issues that precipitate the storms and seek out the balms that soothe the wounds they inflict. It is my fervent hope that philosophically autopsying life issue outcomes will provide comfort in the midst of chaos and a keenly longed-for measure of inner peace.

Bear in mind, dear Reader, that the thoughts to follow are only musings and by no means assertions of right or wrong. They are but a reflection of one soul's yearning to ascend from the roots of life to its flowering branches and taste of the fruits found therein. How, if at all, savory their flavors are deemed to be and whether or not they become a staple in one's spiritual diet is left to each reader's own palate.

The journey thus begins...

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AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan!

Jan 28, 2013 at 11:49am
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Congratulation on this being chosen as one of the Editor's Picks for the first issue of our newsletter!

I had been planning for quite some time to feature this beautiful story at a blog I'm creating about WDC, but the blog isn't finished yet. You can rest assured that this amazing slice-of-life will be included as part of the very first blog-entry I make!

This might be a Christmas story, but it's a wonderful read for anytime of the year...

Blessings!
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Kirsten Marion

Jan 23, 2013 at 3:46pm
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What a lovely and lyrical piece - and positively sassy at the end! Great post.

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Great post! I always wanted to play the lyre too...it's a beautiful instrument. Oh, someday..maybe, but I can in my dreams.

Adore

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Music to our ears is this blog.
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You have a great list of instraments to learn and trianlge was a humorous addition.

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I do look forward when we are given new bodies to live on the new earth!

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I think you handled the situation just right. You were low key and complimentary.

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Jan 18, 2013 at 3:59pm
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The harp and lute would be fantastic to learn. With today's electronic pianos, you can add on just about any other instrument. We used our electronic piano in our Christmas Cantata and people were looking around asking, "Where's the flute?"

C.Evil

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I enjoyed reading your entry.

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Jan 16, 2013 at 3:57pm
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Feel better soon!
This was an exceptional post and truly a pleasure to read and contemplate. I was very interested in your separation of the soul and 'it's life coach' the spirit. How do you distinguish the two? I am truly interested in knowing. Thank you again for an eloquent and provocative post.

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