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And I look into darkness visible And I see the figure of Jesus floating toward us He grins at me He then floats vertically before us And beckons his finger We are to follow him
And so we position ourselves laterally and swim after him
And Jesus is swimming before us in darkness visible And we are swimming right behind him following him
And Jesus stops and goes vertical and turns and faces us
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Lord Jesus Christ
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Look around you my children What do you see
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And we look around us And at first we see nothing but darkness visible And then we see variations in the darkness There are shapes that are darker than the darkness
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Lord Jesus Christ
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Yes exactly so Well said There are shapes that are darker than the darkness
And what do you suppose those shapes to be
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Lord Jesus Christ
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Hmm … that is one answer Think upon it some more Reflect upon it Look at these shapes and reflect upon them
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And I look at these shapes And they are grotesque They are large and misshapen They are hunched over One gives the appearance of being a hunchback
And a thought slowly begins to form in my mind Oh but no Surely not For this creature is too large To be a human, a mortal
Surely not
And the creature has taken definite shape now I can see it clearly And yes he does have the appearance of a human More or less He is a giant, a deformed giant
And I turn to the Lord helplessly
Lord, I say, I can describe what I see But I cannot interpret
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Lord Jesus Christ
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Then I must ask you to speak to this creature Greet him and ask him who he is Yes ask him what he is and what he once was
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Greetings Sir, I say And the creature looks at me interestedly
Please if you would tell me who you are
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Legion
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My name is Legion and we are many
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And my shock is great And I remember what the Lord has requested of me And I ask him
Please Legion, tell me what you once were
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Legion
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I was once a human I was once another human I was once another human yet
We are many humans We have gathered together into one form For we would not be alone in this darkness We would not be alone in this darkness No we would not
And we have united And we are now one though we are many We are united So that we are not left to face the darkness alone
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Oh! Thank you for your reply I state to Legion
And then I turn to the Lord For truly I feel to be in over my head
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Lord Jesus Christ
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Ask him why he does not go home
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Legion
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Please Legion, tell me Why do you not go home
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Legion
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I know not how And anyway I would not be welcome Of that I am sure
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Legion
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Because I hate! Because I hate! Because I hate! Hate! Hate!
That is why
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Lord Jesus Christ
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Ask him who and what he hates
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Scribe
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Legion, please can you, would you tell me Who and what you hate
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Legion
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And he breaks down crying
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Legion
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I hate me I hate me
Oh God forgive me I hate me
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Legion
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I don’t want him to! I hate him too!
I hate him I hate him I hate him
And I don’t want forgiveness No I do not
I do not want to pretend that I am not who I am I am not sorry I will not pretend that I am sorry I am who and what I am
And I am dark And I am dark And I am dark
And I will not choose for the light Not for God Not for anyone else No I will not I will not deny myself I will not deny who I am Who I have become
I will not deny my choices They were my choices They were my choices to make And I take none of them back No, not one
And I apologize to no one And I go down on my knees before no one No one, do you hear me, no one!
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Are you happy, Legion?
And this must have been the wrong question to ask For he closes up The human form disappears And now one sees only the form of a blob A dark blob There is no longer a recognizable face There is no recognizable feature
It is a dark form, darker than the darkness that surrounds it
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