we are carnivores
we feed on the scraps
of the lives of others
we provide no
sustenance of our own
we gnaw on the hearts
of others for what
feelings we can find
having none of our own
it is only a game
it is the only game
we know
it is the only way
we show
compassion
borrowing others’
being too
passionate about
dispassionate things
that should not matter
but do
we are cold and
we burn
the bones of others
to stay warm
A Prayer Like Gravity
Mundus vult decipi
A Prayer Like Gravity 
that we are…to gnaw on lives and feelings of others…to relieve ourselves… nice JCC
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We have no other way.
This young lady has said it so very well:
http://mywordpool.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/white-vision/
Such a talent.
Thank you, Jen–
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I just read – thanks JCC – amazing piece – thank you for sharing.
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There is such raw power in this. Lovely. X
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Thank you so much for your kind words b.l., I appreciate it.
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I think about this all of the time and often wonder what compassion is.
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Aye, a tough thing to really pin down for sure. I often feel like a bit of a vulture or emotional scavenger sometimes. I have a hard time just “feeling” things sometimes. This was an attempt to get at that.
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