Zion and Me

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Zion and Me

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Author: Peter Brinch

Type: PAPERBACK

ISBN: 9798886931754

Date: 21st February, 2025

Publisher: AUSTIN MACAULEY PUBLISHERS

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  2. Poetry

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'Zion' is an imaginary place of peace, happiness, and victory. It has been my life's ambition and pursuit. It has been a dream. An unattainable dream. Since Adam bit the poison apple in the Garden of Eden, mankind has been under a curse - to work at the sweat of his brow for his bread. This causes all of humanity to moan in existential pain. We long for meaning and for love. Originally, 'Zion' was the hill in Jerusalem upon which Solomon built his temple. Zion since then, has come to mean the holy city. Zion is the party, should there ever be one after the defeat of evil in the apocalypse. To me, it is something to hope for, to strive for. However, as life's problems obstruct the attainment of such a state, we begin to sink into complacency and misery. There's poverty, heartbreak, and people who want to put you in a cage. After all that - you die. Zion and Me is divided into three parts. 'Haphazard Lines' is mostly Biblical as I had recently converted to Christianity, and includes some speculation on the divine. 'This Lovely Day' is more secular and reflects again on life's melancholia among other lessons to be learned. Finally, 'Love Poems' is self-explanatory and concerns various concepts related to love like longing and sadness. Zion and Me is an attempt to explain the ambiguity that goes with the necessity of discovering life's secrets and to gain insight and wisdom.

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