Hymn To Our God of Many Faces

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I have not composed many "rhyming poems". My intent was to compose a poem that could also be sung as a hymn. The imagery in this poem is largely influenced by the first chapter of Isaiah, and the beginning of the second chapter of Isaiah.

HYMN TO OUR GOD OF MANY FACES God of many names and faces, Hymns of how our lives interlace With you, whom we have known And think of you as ours alone. Our rituals, doors to our salvation? Incense, music, food oblations, Cultic gestures, words, and symbols, Is this Salvation for the lazy and simple? Truth be told, O God omnipotent, Our feeble rituals sadly impotent, Until we love all people on earth To whom your love has given birth. For every people, culture, nation You equally love and grant salvation, Our foes, our lives, you equally cherish, And grieve the deaths of all who perish. Truth be told, O God omnipotent, Our feeble rituals sadly impotent, Until we love all people on earth To whom your love has given birth. O God of many names and faces, All human life your love graces, Transform into flesh our hearts of stone, For you are flesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone.

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