{"id":2383,"date":"2024-05-31T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:57:43","slug":"redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yearning for but one thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clang, clash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spray, splash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">End, ash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cruel world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A horrid place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Havoc unfurled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No room for grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is selflessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is the dove.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the years grow long,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authority crumbles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As time stretches out,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All sides are humbled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anarchy rises,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each man on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The devil embodied,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In every man\u2019s bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then a horn sounded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The screaming went silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weary minds focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stubborn went pliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All ears perked up,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And all eyes went wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All fists unclenched,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And all tears went dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heavenly light filled the world, flooding past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A magnificent figure atop a glorious ass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is spitefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is distaste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is selfishness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone is the mace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now humanity yearns for something else:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peace, health, and life and of course God 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