The Beatitudes Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. What does it mean to be "poor in spirit"? Being poor in spirit means seeing that everything we are and everything we have belongs to god. What is the blessing promised to those poor in spirit? Be...

I still remember back when We were all leggy bones Back when I thought i knew What it meant to love Back before the slow pain Of forgetting it all. We were all Sharp angles and Elbows sticking out With words that came Hard and fast Back when I knew How to live How to love Before I forgot. I am too y...

In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, light is used symbolically through the example of Estella. Miss Havisham brings Estella up in the darkness, consequently sheltering her from the true meaning of life. By Miss Havisham's orders, the house in which Estella lives is lit only by artifi...