A metaphor

After Exodus 20:13 and Matthew 5:21-26 

Murder is a metaphor,

meaning much more

than it implies. Murder

encompasses any kind

of destruction of people,

a body, a mind, a heart,

a reputation. It doesn’t

have to be acted out or

spoken. The heart rages

and is guilty. The mind

thinks, and is guilty.

The lips speak, and are

guilty. The hands act,

and are guilty. Murder is

any form of destruction

of life. And it is forbidden;

thou shalt not.

 

Photograph by Jr Korpa via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Hometown – poem by Kelly Belmonte at Kelly’s Scribbles.

 

Whatever Happens, Love Thy Neighbor – Larissa Phillips at The Free Press.