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The Gentle Beast

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished 5 months ago Updated 13 days ago 1 min read

From the east he roams

Having never found a home of his own

Always dragging his stone with him

Wherever he goes it goes

Where will he stop

No

Nowhere

Not even he knows

They have broken his nose

Tried to harvest his bones

Drown him in his blood

Yet, he continues on

Drawn by the calling

The howling of finding home

A place to call his own

Amongst those like him

The odd little creatures

With features no one else seems to like

Lying amongst the ficus

He tells them, “welcome one, welcome all, to the land of perpetual fall”

Here there are none like us

And that’s why we welcome all

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  • Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock5 months ago

    The essence of the gospel itself. Where all are loved & receive grace.

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