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Poems

Wholeness

From the June 1983 issue of The Christian Science Journal


When childish tough-talk
yields to receptivity
and all those insecure/self-centered steps
proceed in straight-line paths;

When feminine wiles
submit to Love's compassion
and that serpent's tongue—slanderous gossip—
is silenced by the Word;

When domination
defers to moral courage
and macho self-will/animality
retreats for purity;

Then does my manhood
complement my womanhood
and not abuse my child-heart innocence
but cheer the new idea.

For I find at one
(in unblemished harmony)
the male/female/child of God's creating
exemplified in me.

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