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A Starless Sky

On June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 By frlynchIn Living the Faith, Orthodoxy, Poetry4 Comments

I started this blog five years ago in June of 2017. I figure that's a five-year anniversary. I simply wrote. I didn't write to try and be known. I was pretty shocked when the readership really started to grow. Really, I'm just a nobody parish priest of a smaller-sized parish in a midsized town in …

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Slipping Softly Away

On February 25, 2018December 14, 2021 By frlynchIn Philosophical Reflection, Poetry, Uncategorized1 Comment

In the gathering storm of earthly mortality, I am drip, dripping away. In the scorching heat of senseless brutality I am melting sadly away. The salty tears of my fleshly eyes Swell the burden of my soul; With every step humanity dies From wounds of its own insanity. All the towers of excess material gain; …

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A Little Child

On December 26, 2017December 14, 2021 By frlynchIn Poetry, UncategorizedLeave a comment

In the stillness of the night A little child, shining bright, Came to me with words of gold, Glistening mysteries untold, Hands stretched out in prophetic song, The rhythm sweet, the silence long. While his lips, slender and fair, Lit a fire in the black air, He reached forth to touch my eyes, Yet quick as when …

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The Song of a Child

On July 21, 2017December 14, 2021 By frlynchIn Philosophical Reflection, Poetry, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Necessity is a savage beast, With razor claws and bloodied teeth. Luxury is an opulent whore, With ruby lips and a revolving door. Poverty is a broken man, With tattered clothes and a pleading hand. Contentment is a pure child, With innocent eyes that the world reviled.

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