The Incumbent Spirit

By George Francis

Why are we here? What is our purpose? Is there a higher power and can we connect with it?

These eternal questions have been posed throughout the ages. Various views and opinions towards the answers have formed clusters of believers who then forge separate groups of thinking and ideology, sometimes causing division, war, and death.

This book of poetry challenges these questions once more, seeking universal answers which could bind the human race together in a way which respects life and its diversity, while suggesting commonalities of being. Thought provoking, inspirational and comforting, it inspires the reader to look at life through the eyes of others, raising levels of compassion and self-awareness on a journey of spiritual contemplation.

The Incumbent Spirit is an anthology of spiritual poetry inspired by the need for peace, understanding, and togetherness, composed in a year of fear and division. In here are words to inspire the seeking of love, peace, and wisdom from spirit, through spirit, to spirit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781398434998

George Francis

The author was born in Northern Ireland in a suburb of Belfast. His childhood years bore witness to the perpetration of savage and violent acts in Northern Ireland which became infamously known as ‘The Troubles’. One of those atrocious acts was the murder of his father in 1974. Rather than seeking revenge, he sought to understand the thoughts and motivations behind such savagery, subsequently becoming a student of psychology and counselling. Through his poetry, he proposes a theory of potential peace and unification of the people of this world by appealing to the inquisitive mind which can entertain the concept of peace and spirituality being universal to all.

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About the Author

The author was born in Northern Ireland in a suburb of Belfast. His childhood years bore witness to the perpetration of savage and violent acts in Northern Ireland which became infamously known as ‘The Troubles’. One of those atrocious acts was the murder of his father in 1974. Rather than seeking revenge, he sought to understand the thoughts and motivations behind such savagery, subsequently becoming a student of psychology and counselling. Through his poetry, he proposes a theory of potential peace and unification of the people of this world by appealing to the inquisitive mind which can entertain the concept of peace and spirituality being universal to all.

Dedication

This book of poetry is dedicated to all those who seek their own truth of spiritual existence, purpose, and meaning of life, and to all those who show compassion and care to the bereft.

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Chapter 1

Spiritual Moments

of Inspiration

Glancing Back, Striving Forward

In days which felt like springtime,

I felt the world was at my feet.

My heart full of aspirations.

My mind full of plans to be.

But as the days, months, years went on,

the blooms did not become,

as vibrant as I’d expected,

and so…I reflected from whence I’d come.

My childhood, like many,

had its events both good and bad.

But suddenly, I began to