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Out There

Some try to live
in a goldfish bowl,
isolated
and insulated
from the sins
and pains
of others,
maintaining
a life of purity
apart from the life of the world.

But I am called
to live
where there are hurts
and disappointments
and unpredictable violence.

I cannot love
in a goldfish bowl,
isolated
and insulated
from life
out there.

The one who calls me
poured out his love
on a cross,
in the full force
of human violence,
in the full power
of divine love.

He calls
that his redeeming
and healing love
will reach through me
to others
out there.


© Peter J Blackburn 2001
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