The Pregnant Seahorse

By Paul Hughes

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See the pregnant seahorse:
Over cobbles he leaps and glides,
What others throw away so cheaply,
He cherishes and stows inside,

The Holy Spirit surges through him,
Flowing out freely out onto the page,
The once empty vessel is now reborn,
The bluebird flies uncaged,

Unplagued by fear and doubt,
Powered by spirit and zest,
The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You,
To renounce is to be blessed

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Paul Hughes is an English poet. He found God in 2021 after he started to work the 12 steps of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous and soon after returned to Church for the first time since his childhood, having wandered dangerously far away from God up until that point.