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Poems

the lion will lie down with the lamb

see Isaiah, chapter 11 
 

From the June 2018 issue of The Christian Science Journal


the lion will lie down with the lamb
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the lion
will lie down
with the lamb

all that gnaws
stalks
preys
consumes 

will give up 

the surrender
will be silent 

no fanfare: 

it is the moment
when
—self-aware—
we come to ourselves 

uncompromised
unravaged
pristine 

an undisputable joy
about us

— Joni Overton-Jung

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