Poem May 23, 2011 Issue

The only path

Steve Ryf

No illusory deviation down the
     path of pretense’s making
Can mufﬂe God’s voice or
     prevent me from taking
The infallible way the Shepherd
     has provided
Treading with sure steps,
     unerringly guided

Aware that error has no direction
    to degrade
Or power to invade
No site to be grounded
Every allegation unfounded

It’s only consenting to suggestion
Often not willingly admitted
That enables it to elude detection,
    avoid correction
And delay the journey of
    the Truth-committed

But the Christ’s persistent presence—
    all-encompassing light—
Propels me on the path I never left,
    clearly in God’s sight
All material selfhood permanently
    repressed
Revealing only God’s man—
    divinely expressed

—Steve Ryf

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