One Long Now

Not days,

Not years,

Just one long now.

One long now

Until I die,

I’ll never know why.

I am not then,

I am not when.

I’ll never be future.

I’ll never be past.

Never behind.

Never ahead.

I’ll be here

Until now is dead.

~ Russ Allison Loar
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Praying

Praying,
All this praying,
Filling empty time,
Becoming a substitute,
Becoming the center of your life.

When at last the promise appears
You turn away,
Too comfortable now
In the familiar sameness of prayer.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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Life Is Too Beautiful

Life is too beautiful
To be written down on paper,
Printed in books,

Expounded online.

Life is too beautiful
To be read in small darkened rooms
By merciless scholars
Too eager to impose their will
On those who still believe
There is an answer.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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A Man, A Name

On this day,
Here on planet Earth,
Another man has taken on the name Pope,
A man,
A name.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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