STEPHEN'S DEFENCE

STEPHEN'S DEFENCE

A Poem by kublakhan27
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intangibles are hard to promote
and yet
it is a calling i can't shun

i'm an agent
of immodesty and innovation
strange creeds built in benevolence
stumped
by reluctant jumbled tongues

faith is to risk
what fathers are to sons

my words are my faith
and my faith is in my words

ignorance slips the rocks
into the hands of the reluctant

i am here to die
for the one who has written
the words in me

© 2012 kublakhan27


Author's Note

kublakhan27
Stephen: first Christian martyr.

As a number of people have been offering up spiritual material lately, it felt like a good time to add this one, written way back in 2000 for school. The assignment: write something with your name in it. It was barely off the teacher's tongue when I knew what I had to write. I actually thought I lost this for several years, and only found it recently.

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I like your spiritual out look, this is a cool mesh of yourself and the Biblical person whom you share your name with.

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

kublakhan27

12 Years Ago

Thanks, again you've grasped my state of mind at the time of writing pretty well^^
Very poignant and influential. The emotional deepth is the strength of your poem. Great work. :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

kublakhan27

12 Years Ago

Thanks very much :)
Ah yes, the ambiguity of the mind. I for one, am not a stranger to this. And I think we are simply the vessel of our thoughts. I know I used to say divine inspiration. But I agree with The Lefthanded..(whatever his username is) when he called it the monster of inspiration. I think the transition of its divinity to monstrosity happens when an inevitable flow of words come out that we don't understand yet we feel the strong need to write them down. Well I guess the bottomline is that a poet does not have the power to choose. I've said this and I'm saying this again. It is powerful emotion that triggers a flow of thoughts jot down on a piece of paper. And the poet gets inspired when he experiences something strong and disturbing in his mind or rather in his soul even those that are beyond his grasp.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Faith is to risk what fathers are to son's - powerful words there. But what point are we looking at the father and the son's? "my words are my faith, and my faith is in my words - another strong stanza, for many of us say this, but how strong is our faith really? This is a strong and powerful piece wrapped up into one. I feel a darkness coming from the words, especially the ending. I like the ending. It brings it to a close in an eerie way. But I think that can be the case with some spiritual pieces. This is a fantastic write! As always, thank you for sending this!


Posted 12 Years Ago


kublakhan27

12 Years Ago

Thank you Kate :) I knew the dark undertone would be inevitable due to the violence of the event (wh.. read more
The Random Writings Of Me..Kates

12 Years Ago

Of course, and that is the point of all of our writing! As an aspiring writer I think you are well o.. read more
i enjoyed it great write

Posted 12 Years Ago


kublakhan27

12 Years Ago

Thank you^^

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Added on August 27, 2012
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Nova Scotia, Canada



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