Monday Poem: “Do not love the World”

Last updated on: November 5, 2018 at 2:04 pm by Joe Puentes

Monday Poem: “Do not love the World” 2018-11-05T14:04:18-07:00 Joe Puentes

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“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life (pride in possessions) is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” 1 John 2:15-17

“Do not love the World”

Dust swooped and full of hustle and bustle.
It’s similar to other places yet different.
I call it home, but it’s not really home.
In fact, I’m not sure where home is
at this point in life. Is it this dusty town?

Where is home? A question that destines
a nomad’s life for those who have no place
to lay their head. Am I one of those steppe
wanderers? The ones you read about in
the epics of the Scythians? I pull to a stop and
sit in a little tucked corner in my favorite spot,
I plant a stake in the concrete and claim
it for god and galaxy. And I stare out the window
of the brewery next door to my coffee shop ,
I see the wind blowing aimlessly in the leaves
not knowing where its going, and I say to myself,
“God, I wish I was the leaves and not the wind.”

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