The Semicolon

This came in the MINemergent daily email, and I really liked it.

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In praise of the semicolon

In Praise of the Semicolon
Never put a period,
or colon or even a comma
where God put a semicolon.

Unlike the settled-
before-its-time
period

or the colon's
invitation to see all
possibilities

or the exclamation point's
screaming, insistent
finality

or even the lighthearted
comma with its
sabbath pause

the outrageous
semicolon holds
us in the middle

without yielding to one
thing or the other.
It's so easy to get lost

along the way where
there is so much
pushing and pulling.

God I believe;
Help my unbelief.
Amen; Life. 

Terry L. Chapman