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The Subtle Temple - A Poem

Friday, March 10, 2017

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The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for Day 1576
The Subtle Temple-- write us a poem or story about discovering a long lost building. Describe the place with humanistic qualities (i.e) smiling gates, toothy windows. What was the building intended for and what is it used for now? Let's see some creativity ...

The Subtle Temple

Half open
the smiling gate whispers
faint invitations
to those walking the cobblestone streets
of History.

The Subtle Temple
is the only building in the ancient city
to survive
both the upheavals
of political
and natural disasters.

Those who pass through the gate
find the temples green skirts
spread across the courtyard
concealing
the naked stones of yesterday.

Ascending the moss covered steps
of the entrance
they always pause to contemplate
the toothy windows
of stained glass
that laugh
at the fear
or awe
of those brave enough
to willingly test
their own superstitions.

Walking through
the temple's main entrance
the visitors
encounter the silence
of uncounted millennia of meditation.

From the sanctuary
breathing corridors beckon
the initiates
to step into deeper
layers of faith
where they encounter
the intoned
prayers of love.