“14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: 17  “ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18  even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. 19  And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 20  the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21  And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ 22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him, “ ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; 26  therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. 27  For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. 28  You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ 29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, 35  until I make your enemies your footstool.” ’ 36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.” (Acts 2:14-41 ESV)

The courage to fight, the unblunted crystalline structure within, the undullened accelerator and dynamo that is methodical, flashpointed, leaping forth: each Rises up to a level of playing field germane and personal, rising up to fight and serve in ways scarcely Comprehended yet in all things Owned. We Serve, we Rise Up, we attack and go methodical as crystal protrudes to crystal, flashpoint alights upon the reactor core, tantric melody interrupts with drum and bass or stark chord.

Because it was a wearier sort of day when at last the battle cry was heard. Already, having traversed the cold climes of Readiness, it was after we’d conceded a bit to it all being too rich for our blood, it was after we’d conceded a bit to more exasperation than preparation, it was only in this half-compromised Frame that the battle cry was heard and that loudly.

It was only Then, that we strove and dug deep for an unblunted Structural Response, undeadened by the pain of life as it stands, plays out, in community, in solitude, unpointed or brusquely dullened. The game was after all Ours, literally to Own and to Early Peoples Rise Up, like a people group, like a national interest, like a Hearthstone Owned and methodic, with alacrity, plethoric and Nativist. The sojourner Welcomed like the long-standing Tribe or Clan. The patriotic Duty served like the loyalty to tribe and people group.

The peculiar Insight of Christ’s Passion was revolving around the Promised Holy Spirit, who comes to those on a post-mortem death’s door escape. The Holy Spirit… and we are no worse for the wear, unblunted and Ready, our aggressive instincts Native and Owned, standing up in Pentecostal decisiveness and flashpoint. At some point we ceased to worry around respectability and presentation: we cried out, because of the Pain in our Life, because of the pinched nerve and the crucified good deeds. We cried out, and were heard and that right societally. Right natively. Right determinedly. We were Heard and Accepted for some peaceable Spirit-Led letting loose modality.

To the post-bellum Reality, a war waged as much within as without, a fight to write home about but also to be sly around: because we are Mocked and Denied for our passion. We are blunted and Trained by society to bear our crystalline flashpoint internalities with some rounded or blunted stripes. Therefore we are cautiously Optimistic and Outlayed with the finery of a Dare we only in good counsel Act Upon. Choosing our battles, we are those embedded yet half-Wild and Crazed. Embedding in politer societies, even, in some miraculous Coming Together. And to the simple Engagement so memorable, that Framed Portraiture of us and the Man, the Woman, who it is all about: we need not apologize or worry over their Reality and Posture, they are doing fine and that is all thanks to our own Submitted and Servant-Minded coming alongside. We are coming alongside, and in such Act we are able to End the warring worry around wrongheaded imposition or any such Concern as to our personal hegemony and desire. Our desire is the same and is Shared, peace for the brethren and sistren, and each a scope or worldview in which to Thrive.