Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D. Poems

(Dedicated to in vitro fertilization victims...)

I - the tiny embryo
defiantly -
...

Eyes Invisible watching,
Spirit Supreme groaning...
Heart Almighty mourning...
While supporters of unborn murder
...

Oh, the tragedy of the human race
Without the sway and sublimity of grace...

Gnawing at the roots in slaveries of sin,
...

Now that you arrived in the afterlife,
What was your earned income?

Hope you did not see the ugliness
...

No taste of victory when lacking self-diminution -
Self-deflation invites soul-searching and contrition.
No armor of courage without harvest of self-sacrifice
No loyal devotion while lacking the gem of selfless devotion
...

To the city of the living Deity
Avoiding trace of impiety uglification
For reverence of liberally given benefits and edification
Guarding as a myrmidon the prize of salvation
...

Barren are the hands of the one who is unseeing,
While mighty is the brain
And mighty are the hands of the one whose heart
Is in tears and filled with pity for all,
...

Inflicting incurable wounds
That are ever 'hopeless' to heal
Backing abominable crimes,
Which they would have cursed
...

To fail to set sights on the good which is highest
What debasing, and mortifying gamble
Is it not evil itself?
I get the feeling of sadness, my Lord...
...

...Gelidity is always
Persisting...
As stone
Resisting...
...