Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 / Belfast)
Poems by Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis : 5 / 51
As the Ruin Falls
All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you.
I never had a selfless thought since I was born.
I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through:
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Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis
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I learned this poem through Phil Keaggy when he put a tune to it and placed it on his Love Broke Thru album back in the early 70's. I was in love with Lewis (and Keaggy's) work ever since. What a profound ability to capture our spiritual struggle and place it in words that resound through ages.
How true is this. It's a really honest way to pray. Seeing myself as i really am actually draws me closer to God. CS Lewis had such insight.