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Numinous is a word  for the holy.

I notice the holy are lowly.

Jesus was  born  in  a stable

As his folk were unable

To  stay  in a hotel warm and homely.

Numinous might refer to a space

Where God is about with his grace.

A stunning Temple of Old

With  its silver and gold

Such sanctity might us embrace.

Or a cathedral built on top of a hill

From stone  carried up  by men’s will

Made my  knees give way under me;

And it wasn’t even  a Sunday.

Numinous it was and is still.

[It was  seeing Lincoln Cathedral floodlit at night which made me collapse.Also a drawing by Picasso had that effect]

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Though more often it’s anxiety we feel….

For what we hardly notice while we scheme..

Is unfortunately very real.

The mind constructs  its  symbols to show us

That our life may be less tranquil then we think

Or maybe we’re too scared to make a fuss.

While our  souls may  sadly rot and stink.

Fantasy is where we are inviolate.

Where we possess  a love superior.

And we are in possession of wealth great.

When in truth we may  be quite inferior.

The wise believe to face the truth is good.

But after long neglect we fear its flood

The human condition,

We’d like to think we’re  inviolable.

To want our children so

Yet even without tornados and tsunamis

We can be pretty destructive.

Perhaps it’s some cruel gossip we’ve passed on;

Perhaps it’s a desire we cherish to hurt a friend or an enemy.

And now we have   the impingement of terror drawing nearer.

Yet was our government not complicit in torture and imprisonment without trial?

There was a large demonstration against the Iraq War.

The leaders attention was elsewhere.

Maybe it’s like children’s game to them?

Inviolability seems a fantasy.

Ozymandias shows us that.

Athens and Troy,

Mighty Rome

Next,Europe?

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