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Linda's poem in which I appear. Posted with her permission:

beyond Beyond
by Linda Hoffman Kimball
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Romans 8:26 (KJV)

Integrity
And obedience –
Their pressures building
beyond Beyond –
Collide mid-cosmos
Shearing.

The schrapnel
Pierces us all.

The walls
Of our hearts
Rend, Rip
Ragged, shattered.
Sirens screech,
Megaphones
Skew words:
“Love” hisses;
“Protect” hits
Its bleeding targets
with precision.
“Depart!”
The harsh, rash command
from all sides.

And oh, the wailing, weeping,
Moaning
And oh, the hollow lungs
And the bones
leaking marrow.

I seek for Jesus
in the smoulder,

And my husband
Curls and cries,
Grief in his beard,
With groans
too deep for words.