It seems ridiculous

After Philippians 1:18-26

It seems ridiculous

to sit here, chains

adorning my wrists

and ankles, and speak

of choosing a path.

Choices become few

and narrowed in a cell.

I wait for resolution,

which might or might not

come. But as I wait,

I know that if I do

nothing more than sit

and write letters, then

the work continues,

in spheres above and

spheres below. It does

seem ridiculous and 

foolish to a man, but

eternal things usually

do. 

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To go or to stay

After Philippians 1:18-26

What a choice: to go on

to the end, the reward,

grasping the promised

prize, and embrace 

the relief of the end

of travail; or to stay,

continuing to work,

to labor, to build up.

Both options offer

rewards, one eternal

and one earthly for now,

and I might prefer one

over the other, but 

I know the choice

Is not mine. 

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