# Exodus

**Published by:** [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible/)
**Published on:** 2025-01-09
**Categories:** exodus, god, suffering, lost, redemption
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@compossible/exodus

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Part X of the Canto for David What promise Was forgotten or brokenTo make us soForsaken?Surely there is A purpose toThis wild suffering Our abandonment Did we Choose this Freely?Our wanderlustTo wander lost In wildernessMy Lord!Give us a holy fireTo warm Our heartsIt's cold livingWith our only friends The starsBefore we lived enslaved Yet we were sometimesWarm and full Now we are free Free to live With hunger andUncertainty HE WHO ISI beg and pleadGive us a signSomething Something to believeTo help us see This loss and lostness Is necessary Must our destiny Be forged In the fire and ash Of what we flee? I am who I amAnd yetI am nothing On my own Who am I?Answer me!!! If thou are more Than false hopeAnd the silenceBetween pleas ...At lastA stillness gathered And smothered The susurrant sands Silence vast and heavy Cloaked the land And terrible nameless fear Reached out its handAll was dark I could not see I fell on stone (Cracking my skull) And in my head I heard these words: ***I AM NOT A MANOR A PLACE I AM THAT I AM THE SPACE BETWEEN EACH STAR AND STEP I AM WORD…AND THOUGHT… AND BREATH… THE WANT OF WHICHIS DEATH!I AM FIRE THE FIRE YOU MAKE WHICH YOU SHALL ALWAYS CARRY IN YOUR HEARTAND YOUR HANDSTHAT I AM AND YOU YOU ARE THE LIVING THING THAT MUST BURN MY OFFERING YOU ARE THE GUARDIAN OF THE BREATH OF LIFE YOU CARRY WITHIN THAT THOU ART! ***I awoke Beneath a sky Bright and clearNo longer lostAnd now I see!The only Holy land Lives in meThose falsely Promised lands Will always be Out of reachBeyond the sands Our worthIs held justIn these hands: That love All living thingsThat care For each other And tender The earthIt is enough(Lest it be spilled)This EarthOur journey togetherThe pain of Being born and Of being A slaveOr to choose The suffering Of oneThat struggles To be free And we Who know There is no placeWhere we Will ever beEntirely Happy and free It is enoughAnd moreI standA brightly burning flame Amongst the stars: Hineni, hineni; I'm ready, my lord.AI-artThis is the concluding part of Sefirah – Canto for David. Read Part IX of Sefirah – Canto for David:The MastersSurely it is a journey of a thousand steps...That leads over the Mountains of Deceit Down through the Gorge of Avaricehttps://paragraph.xyzFurther reading (and listening):The Fly by William BlakeComments & analysis: Little Fly, / Thy summer's play / My thoughtless hand / Has brushed away. / Am not I / A fhttps://allpoetry.com Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)Authoritative information about the hymn text Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound), with lyrics, MIDI files, PDF files, printable scores, audio recordings, piano resources, and products for worship planners.https://hymnary.orgExodus 3:14 - Moses at the Burning BushGod said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'https://biblehub.comSeptember 1, 1939September 1, 1939 - I sit in one of the diveshttps://poets.org

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