The Chronicles of Simon the Lover
Chapter Three: The Revelation of St. Simon
Simon was deep in his daily Bible study
Making his devotion in the book of Proverbs
One of his favorite portions of Scripture
When he came across one fateful verse
Proverbs 27:5
“Open rebuke is better than secret love”
It was as though a fog was lifted
From his lonesome soul
As his God’s words gave the charge
And a spark of liberating revelation
Was ignited
Though his mind had been quickened
He yet reasoned within himself
“How can a man such as I
Shunned and despised of all
Express to the beautiful rose Muriel
The truest feelings of my heart?”
He was now frustrated
By the apparent contradiction
Why would God provoke him to action
While offering no course
To accomplish the task
As the battle was raging
In his stricken breast
He found the answer
In the notion of a faithful friend
At the moment he looked upon the book of prose
That had also been his meditation many lonely hours
He would pour out his heart in verse
Page and pen would play the music
Of his love song
And Muriel would finally know
That he loved her
But he could not just walk right up to her
At the corner of Main and Jefferson
And hand her the love letter in an envelope
For he was the town’s peculiar one
Such an action would surely be disastrous
Simon decided on a less abrupt course
He would offer his love poems for publication
In the community contribution section
Of the local newspaper
“The Town Chronicle”
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-Copyright 2005 By: Luke Austin Daugherty
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