Corinthians
Love suffers
but gains nothing.
Bearer of flames, mysteries,
mountains, it rejoices
not in that which is perfect
but clangs its tongue of truth
to speak of a faith
which fruitlessly abides.
Love fails. It fails!
Seeing itself mirrored
in a childish face it is provoked
to offer its body to be burned
and — always — it is burned.
Love endures rudeness but longs
to be known as kindly as it knows.
And when the gift of its hope
is extinguished love seeks
cessation in the fathoms
of iniquity.
*A found poem sourced from the King James Bible, 1 Corinthians 13
- Michele Seminara 2016
Michele Seminara is a Sydney poet and editor of the seminal on-line arts magazine, Verity La.
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