sign of peace

peace sign

cold sign

un-feeling shove-away

sharp stabs

soft hugs

get-going push aways

death proclaimed 

chains embraced

i would flee

it's killing me

from this i plead

it's slaying dead

the Desired, not given

poison in the head

where's Jesus?

where's the Lord?

where human touch?

where natural warmth?

who bears the gift

in frame and name?

when oh when is peace?

who says you belong?

*Reflections of Mircea Eliade [with some grammatical changes]:

-...like the city  or sanctuary, the house is sanctified, in whole or part, by a cosmological symbolism or ritual.  This is why settling somewhere - building a village or merely a house - represents a serious decision, for the very existence of persons is involved; we must, in short, create our own world and assume responsibility of maintaining and renewing it.  Habitations are not lightly changed, for it is not a "machine to live in"; it is the universe that humans construct for themselves by imitating the paradigmatic creation of the gods, the cosmogony.  Every construction and every inauguration of a new dwelling are in some measure equivalent to a new beginning, a new life.  And every beginning repeats the primordial beginning, when the universe first saw the light of day.  Even in modern societies, with their high degree of desacralization, the festivity and rejoicing that accompany settling in a new house still preserve the memory of the festival exuberance that, long ago, marked the incipit vita nova.

-...it is by virtue of the temple that the world is resanctified in every part.  However impure it may have become, the world is continually purified by the sanctity of sanctuaries.

-...the sanctity of the temple is proof against all earthly corruption, by virtue of the fact that the architectural plan of the temple is the work of the gods and hence exists in heaven, near to the gods.