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    The poem explores how religion can be a reflex response during times of fear, loss, and uncertainty. It describes being separated from protection as a child on a river rafting trip, crying out in fear and becoming lost in confusion about where one's sense of self ends and the world begins. Religion offers direction and solace during such moments of being afraid and lost. However, the poem suggests that life itself can become a reflex when one is ultimately found and no longer needs religion to cope with difficult experiences.

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    The poem explores how religion can be a reflex response during times of fear, loss, and uncertainty. It describes being separated from protection as a child on a river rafting trip, crying out in fear and becoming lost in confusion about where one's sense of self ends and the world begins. Religion offers direction and solace during such moments of being afraid and lost. However, the poem suggests that life itself can become a reflex when one is ultimately found and no longer needs religion to cope with difficult experiences.

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    Religion As A Reflex POEM

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    David Powers
    The poem explores how religion can be a reflex response during times of fear, loss, and uncertainty. It describes being separated from protection as a child on a river rafting trip, crying out in fear and becoming lost in confusion about where one's sense of self ends and the world begins. Religion offers direction and solace during such moments of being afraid and lost. However, the poem suggests that life itself can become a reflex when one is ultimately found and no longer needs religion to cope with difficult experiences.

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    Religion as a Reflex

    She crawled out of a Pepsi can, clown glazed eyes


    Said ‘You make it look easy, you make it look comfortable’
    But lover you shouldn’t have judged this book by its cover
    Because, some are weathered, needless or required
    And the difference is essential
    From where it begins
    To how it all ends up…

    When I am afraid – Religion as a Reflex

    All the pages smell of age with just a hint of ink


    Reminds me of childhood river rafting trip
    Separated and lost, I squall in fear
    From my only sour regard of protection
    To the water’s edge where I end these river banks
    Asking for direction, spinning in my head
    Where do I end and this world begin?
    Frightened of the unavoidable
    Terribly frightened of the unavoidable…

    When I am lost – Religion as a Reflex

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    When I am found – Life as a Reflex

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