{"id":3525,"date":"2024-12-19T02:41:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2024-12-19T02:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:59:16","slug":"the-library-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/12\/19\/the-library-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

The Library of Love<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was reared to Believe
\nin a Deity
\nWho Loved Me,<\/p>\n

But Spoke to Me in a
\nCourtroom Voice:<\/p>\n

How do I Judge Thee?
\nLet Me Count
\nThe Ways.<\/p>\n

If You\u2019ve even
\nThought
\nto Transgress,
\nit\u2019s as if
\nYou Have.<\/p>\n

One Day You\u2019ll Die,
\nand After That
\nMore Judgment.<\/p>\n

What If
\nThat\u2019s a Lie?<\/p>\n

What If
\nI\u2019ve been Duped
\nby Fear,
\nFomented by
\nAnother Lie,<\/p>\n

That I Am Separate
\nfrom The Source
\nof The Light
\nThat Lit Me?
\nThe Love
\nThat Knit Me?
\nThat Burns In Me,
\nAs Me.<\/p>\n

What If
\nJudgment is a Myth
\nas Foolhardy as That
\nLie of Separation?<\/p>\n

What If
\nI Choose to Smile
\nat The Fear,
\nHug It To Me,
\nWipe Its Tears.
\nLaugh Away That
\nLie of Separation.<\/p>\n

Send My Transgressions
\nInvitations to a Life
\nBeyond Fear,<\/p>\n

Where Judgment Blooms
\nInto Bouquets
\nof Affection<\/p>\n

for The Practice of
\nTransmuting Transgressions
\ninto Storybooks
\nfor the
\nLibrary of Love.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Andrej Lisakov; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Library of Love I was reared to Believe in a Deity Who Loved Me, But Spoke to Me in a Courtroom Voice: How do I Judge Thee? Let Me Count The Ways. If You\u2019ve even Thought to Transgress, it\u2019s as if You Have. One Day You\u2019ll Die, and After That More Judgment. What […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t