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Trajectory of Tragedy
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"Perhaps they can see what is happening"


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Trajectory of Tragedy

On a trajectory of tragedy
Or else on an ascent to angelhood
I map out the matter of martyrdom
A concept imperfectly understood
Especially by me applied to me

I am not now nor have I ever been
A man of a mind to worry about
Other minds understanding what I mean
I speak when spoken to but will not shout
These things people shout at me constantly

Perhaps they are warning me to watch out
Perhaps they can see what is happening
That horrid inevitability
Which so darkly dominates everything
When dream is run down by reality

It is not that I need to be a saint
It is that I must do my uttermost
Impractical improbable and quaint
Impossible in the end as a ghost
On a trajectory of tragedy

+Steven Curtis Lance



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Reviewed on March 16, 2008
Wohin denkst Du hin zu gehen,
im Winde zu verwehen,
nur weil Menschen nicht verstehen,
Du kannst Dir nicht entgehen,
Deine Seele kann nicht bluehen,
muss sich erst im Grund bemuehen,
so mach mal weiter wachse recht,
dann wird die Seele bunt, und echt,
Im Gewitter, und im Sturm,
halt Sie sicher, in deinem Turm,
bevor der Erde und der Urn,
nur am End, sagt Sie die Zeit,
zu entfliehen der Allzeit weit.
Lance mein lieber freund, das habe Ich fuer Dich geschrieben, weil Ich nicht weiss ob Du kommische Gedanken hast, wir, viele von uns auch Ich, spielen mit solchen Gedanken, Du musst nur wissen, was Du ueber Dich denkst, ist nicht was der liebe Gott ueber Dich denkt, das musst Du Ihm ueberlassen, wenn Du musst kannst Du deine Seele in seinem Blut waschen, wieder zu Dir zurueck zu kommen, das geht viel besser in diesem Leben, den als Geist. Jetzt schicke Ich Dir Liebe, egal was Du auf dem Kerbholz hast! Jasmin Horst

Reviewed by Chrissy McVay
Reviewed on March 16, 2008
Beautiful write, cousin.

Chrissy

Reviewed on March 16, 2008
Good Morning Steven,
WOW! I Can Hear This Piece Loud & Clear
As If Being Recited Like On A Stage Play!
I Especially Love Love Love Your Last Stanza!
"It is not that I need to be a saint
It is that I must do my uttermost
Impractical improbable and quaint
Impossible in the end as a ghost
On a trajectory of tragedy"

Great Poetic Express!
Embrasse'
Vickie


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