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"Transcend"

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By Jeffrey P BaileyPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
DISCLAIMER: THIS WORK IS NOT IN MY CURRENT BOOK "SPEAKS FOR ITSELF"

Transcend"

All the others thought they knew

That spirit was winding its way,

Teaching with every breath

When the others thought

Religion as life support

They were forfeiting free-will

When all Spirit wanted to do was heal.

You can't abandon a muse

You can't want it to be true

You can't give a part of you

Only to be told

Every time you lose;

Not hard to see

Why cults flourish

He or she could be you or I

In times prehistoric

Cannibalism was extremely stoic

Next to 21st century's answer to hedonism,

playing on emotion

Is of anthropomorphic affect.

A luddite with a GPS thinks he found his way;

A sacrifice self-serving

Destroying ourselves as if we had a defect to mend and had to pretend.

Only we think ourselves perfect with

No holes in our logic;

With nothing to transcend.

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About the Creator

Jeffrey P Bailey

Fan-funded. https://account.venmo.com/u/Jeffrey-Bailey-115

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf5DZupaqo8&t=125s&ab_channel=ScottAlanSpiritualEssence

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