this end was inevitable

this end was inevitable

 

this end was inevitable

a fatal flaw at the beginning

the divisions papered over

the language that was adopted

so many years ago

 

silent schism language

before sea change in the culture

footprints of oblivion

no room for reconciliation

for a true middle way

 

this end was inevitable

a time for parting, separation

the lies upon which they were created

before sea change in the culture

causing the rift to explode

 

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June 2, 2021

this end was inevitable

 

edited June 2, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fatal-flaw-from-beginning-v3.html

adding stanza 1

edited June 2, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fatal-flaw-from-beginning-v2-fatal.html

June 1, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fatal-flaw-from-beginning.html

 

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a fatal flaw from the beginning - v3

a fatal flaw from the beginning – v3

 

rot in the foundation, the sill,

the stones that they placed there

the mahogany church’s structure;

poison in the batter, the recipe,

in the coming together, the union;

a false sense of harmony

when the rift was already present;

a fatal flaw from the beginning

just waiting to explode.

 

a fatal flaw from the beginning

the die cast before they began

a crack in the communion chalice

a pulled thread in the tapestry;

schism, division, papered over

so soon to find light, oxygen

to be written into the contract

so long left unanswered, unresolve,

a festering wound unhealed.

 

ancient divisions exacerbated

a sea change in the wider culture

divorce painful but needed for so long;

now is the time for separation, for a parting,

for the truth to be lived out in the open

the crack widening, the seam ripped

a schism already started

comity wearing out, tension,

a need for a new day.

 

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edited June 2, 2021

a fatal flaw at the beginning – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fatal-flaw-from-beginning-v2-fatal.html

June 1, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fatal-flaw-from-beginning.html

 

poetry, God, Spirit, Christ, protocol, unity, comity, United Methodist Church, UMC,

 

#poetry #God #Spirit #protocol #schism #unity #comity #UnitedMethodistChurch #UMC

a fatal flaw from the beginning - v2

a fatal flaw from the beginning – v2

 

a fatal flaw from the beginning

the die cast before they began

a crack in the communion chalice

a pulled thread in the tapestry;

schism, division, papered over

so soon to find light, oxygen

to be written into the contract

so long left unanswered, unresolve,

a festering wound unhealed.

 

ancient divisions exacerbated

a sea change in the wider culture

divorce painful but needed for so long;

now is the time for separation, for a parting,

for the truth to be lived out in the open

the crack widening, the seam ripped

a schism already started

comity wearing out, tension,

a need for a new day.

 

---------------------------------

edited June 2, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning - v2

June 1, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-fatal-flaw-from-beginning.html

 

poetry, God, Spirit, Christ, protocol, unity, comity, United Methodist Church, UMC,

 

#poetry #God #Spirit #protocol #schism #unity #comity #UnitedMethodistChurch #UMC

Poems, photographs, & videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020&2021. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

a fatal flaw from the beginning

a fatal flaw from the beginning

 

a fatal flaw from the beginning

a crack in the communion chalice

a pulled thread in the tapestry;

schism, division, papered over

so soon to find light, oxygen

to be written into the contract

so long left unanswered, unresolve,

a festering wound unhealed.

 

ancient divisions exacerbated

divorce painful but needed;

now is the time for separation, for a parting,

for the truth to be lived out

the crack widening, the seam ripped

a schism already started

comity wearing out, tension,

a need for a new day.

 

---------------------------------

June 1, 2021

a fatal flaw from the beginning

 

 

poetry, God, Spirit, Christ, protocol, unity, comity, United Methodist Church, UMC, schism,

 

#poetry #God #Spirit #protocol #schism #unity #comity #UnitedMethodistChurch #UMC 

Poems, photographs, & videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020&2021. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 50,150 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.