Forrest Hainline Poems

I spread
My hands to you
My soul like thirsty land
I trust You to show me the road
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We give
you thanks O God
We call upon your name
And all your wonderful deeds we
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Children
Are the Lord's gift
Build your home with the Lord
Stand watch with the Lord over your
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I. CAPTIVITY

Your two eyes will slay me suddenly
I may the beauty of them not sustain,
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Silence
You don’t know me
You’ve read the last pages
Of a forgotten book you used
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God our Mother - God
Of healing and renewal
Restore us to health
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I am
The desert god
Without father or son
I am alone - jealous, angry,
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Your belly swollen
With new life. Your breasts swollen
With God’s abundance.
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When you fight monsters
You become the monster fought
The abyss beckons
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Un-man
Me now Dear God
I will whine, crab and cry
Dissemble and invent, posture
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