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FORGIVE ME---I AM ONLY GOD
by Arsenio C Jesena
Monday, October 15, 2001
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This is a poem about the God who asks my forgiveness... I would also like to invite you to read my article ~ DEAR FR. WILLY~ to enable you to have more insight on how this poem came about. |
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FORGIVE ME---I AM ONLY GOD
I cannot speak your language
I cannot titillate
I can't caress
I cannot give orgasmic ecstacy.
And so compared to your great lovers
Compared to your reality
I am inadequate I am uncaring
I am irrelevant I am untrue .
Forgive me forgive me forgive me
I cannot speak your language
For I am only God.
But...I speak the stars,
I speak the moon!
I speak the ocean, the river, and the rain!
I speak the little baby!
I speak the lovely rose!
I speak your eyes,your hands,
The beating of your heart.
I speak forgiveness, I dry the tears
I heal your wounds
I am the loving presence
I am the tender touch
When you are lost
And broken and alone.
And when the numbness
And the terror of your shattered, dark
Cold night is gone...
I still continue----holding,
Shielding, warming
Your lonely,frail and trembling hand.
AND then I speak the glorious sunrise!
I speak the brilliant splendor
of the dawn!
I AM YOUR RESURRECTION---
Come then my child.
And let us begin again...
And let us begin again!
I am Eternity. I am the Truth.
I am the Source, the Meaning of all life!
I am your Perfect Father-Mother!
I AM YOUR HOME!!!
I speak the language of your soul
I am the meaning of true love.
Please, please forgive me.
For I am only God.
by JJ S.J.
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Copyright 1998 Fr.Arsenio C. Jesena, S.J.
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| Reviewed by jez arante |
12/17/2008 |
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Hullo Father JJ,
how have you been?
your poem was used by fr. vic salanga when we had our cluster retreat in tagaytay years back...i was still a junior sister then.
hope to see you again. Merry Christmas! |
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| Reviewed by Poetry Deborah |
12/21/2002 |
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| This is an absolutely exquisite writing. Hallelujah! Just stunning 10+++++ |
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| Reviewed by linda s. bates |
11/25/2002 |
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| much easier to rlat to this god than to a distant unfeeling one |
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| Reviewed by jing javier |
10/16/2002 |
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emotional and thought-provoking.
will GOD apologize for being GOD, father? |
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| Reviewed by Rey Hidalgo |
10/4/2002 |
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I'm reminded by that line in the Bible which says, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."
Here is God's softest yet most irresistible call to the human heart. |
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| Reviewed by Janet Caldwell |
10/26/2001 |
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| Pierced me to the core sweetest Nellie. JC :) |
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| Reviewed by Jay Driskell (Reader) |
10/16/2001 |
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| Wonderful and Inspiring |
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| Reviewed by Rose rose.moss@LineOne.net |
10/15/2001 |
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| very moving |
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| Reviewed by EVELYN LOCKERT |
10/15/2001 |
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In response to this poem, I'd like to say to God, "You are the Potter; I am the
clay! Mold me and make me to be the person whom You want me to
become!"
I'm still waiting for you to publish here your article "YAYEE - The Wind
Beneath My Wings" and "Who Is Your God?" (good for me as a reflection
starting point!) |
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| Reviewed by Thomas Miles |
10/15/2001 |
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| deep... |
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| Reviewed by Nellie Feng |
10/15/2001 |
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| Piercing... |
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