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All The Pieces
The riddle stands the test of time
one or many will take their shot
with the former inadequate
to the task brought by God
spun from fabric most deny
feathers falling from the sky
weighing more than far mountains
the end results condemns despair
the solitary has little chance
to resolve mystery’s vex
stumbling in the details tossed
or consumed by the whole
insight may come to the one
then the shoulders take the weight
stooped against the universe
magnified in its full scope
back to the many that may help
lending hands to move the weight
when the hidden can be found
then lifted high as manifest
to embody the Lord’s task
challenge met then overcome
I’m a piece in puzzle’s face
solving riddles with the whole.
© 2017. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20171210.
“All The Pieces” was inspired by a friend’s social media remake, “Let’s all be pieces solving the puzzle’. The end result can be read several ways. Any movement is made up of small pieces coming together to help solve a puzzle.
one or many will take their shot
with the former inadequate
to the task brought by God
spun from fabric most deny
feathers falling from the sky
weighing more than far mountains
the end results condemns despair
the solitary has little chance
to resolve mystery’s vex
stumbling in the details tossed
or consumed by the whole
insight may come to the one
then the shoulders take the weight
stooped against the universe
magnified in its full scope
back to the many that may help
lending hands to move the weight
when the hidden can be found
then lifted high as manifest
to embody the Lord’s task
challenge met then overcome
I’m a piece in puzzle’s face
solving riddles with the whole.
© 2017. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20171210.
“All The Pieces” was inspired by a friend’s social media remake, “Let’s all be pieces solving the puzzle’. The end result can be read several ways. Any movement is made up of small pieces coming together to help solve a puzzle.
Published 10th Dec 2017
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10th Dec 2017 8:48pm
10th Dec 2017 9:29pm
Thank you! This one was a little more free-form, with less laser focus on going to a particular message. As I noted, the poem went to an interested place. It could be looked at as a call to evangelical work. I'd like to think that can be transferred to SJW efforts.
10th Dec 2017 10:26pm
"then the shoulders take the weight
stooped against the universe "
Excellent! The entirety if this flowed really well, an a loose sort of consistency. I particularly live those lines ^ It feels like the reaction one naturally has when comtemplating the magnitude of existence. It's almost too much!
stooped against the universe "
Excellent! The entirety if this flowed really well, an a loose sort of consistency. I particularly live those lines ^ It feels like the reaction one naturally has when comtemplating the magnitude of existence. It's almost too much!
13th Dec 2017 4:15pm
Thank you! I wrote this from the persepctive that I've figured out one or two things, but there is SO MUCH MORE, and I am inadequate to the task. With others, well, the goals may still be unreachable, but I'll come closer.
Anonymous
10th Dec 2017 10:46pm
What a lovely transference.
...you are a gem
💎
...you are a gem
💎
13th Dec 2017 4:15pm
