Outrage, grief, and pain pour forth from passion
From broken experiences of deep love
The other side of joy, ecstasy, and connection
Experiences of love fulfilled
Plato’s fear of passion nearly ended in renunciation of it all
He, Buddhists, the Hindu Sanyasis
Plato kept friendship, Buddhists kindness, Sanyasis peace
Into this Jesus was born with love
And recast the narrative
Giving place for grief, pain, and ecstasy
For sin, forgiveness, and new life
The great soul perfected in virtue recast
For a God who is near His children
Indifferent, diffident, vindictive Olympians recast
“That your joy may be complete.”
David Fekete 