Bringing Heaven to Earth
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(Author’s note: This poem was written during the 2020 lockdown in the early part of the pandemic when many people were isolated and afraid. It was also after years of increasing political and social turmoil. I felt inspired by this particular lion-and-lamb image that I saw as well as other written sources. First published on Agape Review, 21 March 2022. See also my poems “Resurrection iBodies” and “Haiga for the Heavenbound.”)
Bringing Heaven to Earth
By Mark D. Stucky
The day is coming
when lion and lamb
join together at last,
not as fierce predator
and succulent prey,
but as companions,
as joyful equals,
in divine tranquility
for all eternity.
The day is coming
when the impossible
becomes possible,
when peace and unity,
truth and justice,
love and mercy,
beauty and wholeness
prevail and endure.
The day is coming
when there is no more confusion and chaos,
no more greed and indifference,
no more inequality and injustice,
no more hate and destruction,
no more corruption and lies,
no more sickness and death.
The day is coming
when God welcomes us,
tenderly embraces us
and wipes from our faces
all our tears and fears.
The day is coming
when hunger and thirst
and separation are no more,
when we are dining together
at the wedding feast of the Lamb.
But the day is today
to share heavenly visions
of thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
And the day is today
for using heavenly visions,
to bring healing to earth,
to all the people we can,
in all the places we can,
in all the ways we can,
as much as we can,
for the kingdom of heaven
is within us now.
Copyright © Mark Stucky | Year Posted 2023
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