Marbaniang, Domenic

No man is a dog; nor a dog, a man - One can only be treated so. And yet these metaphors are bad – Which I now intend to show. There are dogs on street and dogs at home So, a street man can’t be a dog, For then would men at home also be dogs; Though never Bull or Alsatian; for all are one. A dog’s got no moral sense; a man has at least some. And even if he had none, The categorization is worse, and not less; For, a dog’s still known for its faithfulness. The street boy might become a millionaire, And a millionaire, come to the street; A shack is still a home to someone; A cover from the heat, a rest for one’s feet. A child still laughs in the slum A baby still cries in the palace An eye still awaits one more dawn While one wishes the night would prolong. The slums have their dogs; dogs of different breeds. Some belong at home; some rover on the streets. But slums and all settlements are known for their men, women, and children; Though rich or poorer they be; They are one of us; And in

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5, NIV). During the Second Great Awakening that swept America, the revivalist preacher Rev. Charles G. Finney once visited a German settlement and preached the Gospel to it which accepted the Gospel and also saw some remarkable miracles. One woman testified that she was not literate and so could not read anything. This distressed her greatly because she really wanted to read God’s Word and she couldn’t. So she prayed to Jesus and asked Him if He would not please teach her how to read His Word. Immediately she felt it inside of her that she knew how to read; so she went and got a Bible that her children had and tried reading it. To her amazement, she saw that she could really read it as they read it. Ever since then, she testified, she could read the Word of God for herself. God gives wisdom to those who seek it from Him. One popular Biblical example i

‘…new moon, or the sabbath days. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ’ (Col. 2: 16, 17). The pale light from the silvery moon cast dark figures on the ground. Frightened, the little boy asked, ‘What’s it, mother?’ ‘It’s the spirit’ she replied. The shadow was a frightening phenomenon to many a pre-literate man. Even in a seemingly sophisticated society as the Indian one, there was a time when caste Hindus considered the very shadow of an outcaste as defiling. Somehow a connection was imagined between the dark figure and solid reality. The modern world, however, seems to have been greatly emancipated from the myth of the shadow. Modern dictionaries define ‘shadow’ as a dark shape projected by any body blocking out light. In itself, the shadow has no existence. It owes its existence to light and a body on which the light falls. The shadow, of course, is only relatively real, i.e., in relation to the body. Candidly, the shadow is equal to darkness, in one way. W

I agree that you are charming, desirable, and fulfilling Mild or violent though I be your presence is mesmerizing Kings and paupers, young and old have never been able to evade you For you are charming; charmingly murderous. You rend the heart from the mind, and kill its thousand eyes You bend the heart to the flesh, and fill it with a million lies Visible desire, invisible snare. Lust of flesh, death of mind. O World, the master tradesman You give us what we want At the cost of what we need.