‘There but for
the grace of God…’
deity quantification is
risky pragmatism
‘There but for…’
God’s grace, graceful
mine, clunkily
cacophonous in raw
implementation
two-left feet,
I always want to lead
God is gracefully
mindful of my gaucherie
bemused by my
attempts at making
things more complicated
fraught with false starts
learned skill
accepting grace in
ordinary guy way
making the simply profound
unpretentious
easy
now that I understand
forsaken, I have
making the elegantly simple
intricately complicated
ever need be
there but for…
there for, but
therefore?
affected by so many
retrospectively
recognizing
God’s grace in the
graceful natures,
well-timed nurturing
of others
finally grasping
the thrill of speed
training wheels, off
there with
the Grace of God
go I
– Mark L. Lucker
© 2017
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Ponderable polemics, poetic 