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Poems

the open gate

From the January 2024 issue of The Christian Science Journal


When will man pass through the open gate of Christian Science into the heaven of Soul, into the heritage of the first born among men? Truth is indeed “the way.”

—Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 535

 

the gate is open . . .

no matter how many times
you have unwittingly listened to, 
accepted, 
repeated, 
or been duped by a lie, 

it will never, 
ever 
become the truth; 

and all the while 
that the human mind is trying
so hard
to remember how to rationalize 
all the details of the lie—

how to 
repair 
the fence, 
restring the 
barbed wire,
shore up 
an unsteady 
gate post—

the truth
remains simple, 
unchanged, ready and waiting,
to free you.

the gate is open, 
the latch is lifted, 
now walk through . . .

the path is clear. 
Truth 
is here—
simple,
timeless, 
changeless, 
invariable,
unwavering,
patient, 

it is always 
here. 

always true. 

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