"untouched..."

"The inharmonious and
self-destructive
never touch the harmonious
and self-existent..."
- M.B. Eddy

the perverse, dark, 
and violent,
never touch
the
noble,
the good,
the
trusting and
innocent.

never

groping, angry 
hands,
bullets,
gossip,
fire,
hate,
never touch the
hearts,
minds,
or bodies of
the innocent,
the servant,
the Samaritan spirit
so
sweet, strong,
trusting,
and pure

betrayal, 
fear, 
disdain, 
self-hate, 
death
can never penetrate, 
even 
the shell of 
what we seem to be, 
 or 
reach the 
nucleus of who 
we really 
are

i promise

because He 
promises

dear
gentle,
beautiful child,
innocent girl
trusting boy,
man,
mother...

your purity is
an environment 
where violence
cannot 
survive

no matter how
close it seems to come,
or
how graphic the picture 
may seem to
an observer,
you and I know this: 

we walk untouched, 
unsullied, 
unmarked, 
unstained, 
unhurt,
unviolated
by what 
is so 
incompatible 
with our 
childlike
natures

all that reaches 
us,
all that 
touches  our 
lives, 
impels us forward, 
motivates our 
desires, 
defines our futures

is of God, good: 
kindness, 
love, 
gentleness, 
humility,
affection, 
trust, 
grace -- these 
are the irresistible
impulses, 

and their touch 
lingers through 
eternity because it 
is part 
and parcel  
with our 
own natures

that which is unlike 
who we, 
essentially are,
cannot bond with
all that   
is
fundamentally 
aligned
with our divine 
Source 

murky water does
not take the debris 
it seems to coexist with,
as it evaporates
into its 
native 
elements

it rises
in its purest form,
free from the stories
that would  attempt
to attach themselves
to who we are,
and always
will be.

we will never be
violated,
murdered,
molested,
neglected,
engulfed in sorrow,
maligned,
burned,
hurt,
broken...


never touched
by 
the opposite 
of good

it cannot survive 
in the pure light of 
our innocence

it cannot reach us

it never will

we rise,
and still rise
from the
heat of "battle"

pure as the
sweetest water
untouched
by
being
touched...


"When God went
forth before His people
they passed
through the Red Sea,
untouched..."
- ibid.