Lightning

Another insomnia poem from the other night, I could not type.

"Lightning Crackles"

 

Do not open

my eyes,

Oh Lord,

for even in

the bright Light

the world is adorned

in facades and falsity...

 

Please, though...

by Your Will,

Do open my Spirit,

that I may feel

the warmth of Your Truth

in my heart and Understand

all there is to Be.

 

...that I may Become

closer to Your Grace

Oh Great Spirit.

 Baptized am I,

once again in Your Divine Light.

 

May it Be

as You would have it 

and I find

the stream of Your Great Consciousness

to know this most Holy Flow. 

 

 

Reviews

[The Archangel Gabriel]

Intriguing. I did not have you pegged for a Deist with a Taoist screen name, but the two are not inconsistent.

I like the passage:

"for even in
the bright Light
the world is adorned
in facades and falsity..."

What is up with all the posers? Why don't people say what the do and do what they say? Well said!

I like your insomnia poem. I had a good one of those about a month ago when I wrote an entire sonnet because I could not sleep. I just kind of came out in almost perfect rhyme and meter. Then, I could finally sleep! Perhaps, my sonnet put me to sleep!

Very well written. Good job!

-Gabe

[The Archangel Gabriel]

Great poem, Tao, and I loved your tempo and beat on this. Really well put together. Do yo have time to explain to me how to get good Tarot readings? I am so interested in that and failing, I think. Any help? you still around at all?

Peace and love,
Gabe

[Butch Decatoria]

Great message from someone who i assume is a spiritual person...which it is difficult in this day and age (with all the facades and falsity). Thank you for sharing.

--Butch

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[emmajoy]

When there are few or no man-made sounds/noises - ' the world is adorned / in facades and falsity...'
we hear our hearts and know that the Lord lies waiting for us to hear His words - ' that I may feel / the warmth of Your Truth ' - maybe that's why people suffer insomnia now and again.

This is a beautiful piece of writing, thank you for sharing it.

[AK]

Amen and amen.
I've found that the key to knowing God better is the willingness to know the truth, on His terms.
Thank you and Emily for sharing this!

[Michael X]

really nicely written beautifully inscripted testament to the divine will of thought and approach toward God and all that th heart has to offer. artfully composed.

[Raef C. Boylan]

"for even in
the bright Light
the world is adorned
in facades and falsity..." - I agree with Gabe that this is a well-expressed statement; in the context of your narrator's poetic plea, it's quite emotive and moving.

As an atheist, i found oit intriguing that lightning would be literally interpreted as a sign from God or similar - or have I been misled by the title, when the lightning in question is actually metaphorical?

Good write.
Thanks for posting it.

[Poeticpiers]

to open your mind is the begiining of wisdom. Not everything we wish would be for our ultimate good. Some things we only learn through suffering

[Emily B]

This is wonderful. A breath of fresh SPring air. A new favorite.