Thursday, December 04, 2008

Oddly Betrayed

Isn’t this what the people wanted
all hope and truth and revelation?
Yet the longer the gift becomes given
the receptions grows less than warm.

Seems the arrival of something new and unexpected,
something long hoped for,
more than we have prayed, longed,
wanted for our children or neighbors
has led to disillusionment, unsettled lives,
and a feeling of broken trusts.

Is it always like this?
It is always like this!

The gift, more than our wildest,
presents us with more issues, reveals our humanness.
We stumble under the weight,
it is too much for us,
we are not worthy,
we are not ready
we are just not.

Strange the response …

We feel oddly betrayed
the Giver feels oddly betrayed
the Gift is oddly betrayed.

- D.A. Weesner

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