Confessions of An Idol Worshipper
I worshipped words
Paid homage
Idolized their shape and form
Brought my paltry gifts
And laid them at the shrine
Of THE GOD OF WORDS
Hoping to gain favor from my idol
To be touched in such a way
As to imbue my simple writes
With perfection and immortality
Making ME
A goddess in my own right!
Daily
The same ritual
Obeisance
Following the rules
Soul salvation
In a rhyme
Penance:
The purging of my inner thoughts on paper
An exacting god
He needed full submission
An indwelling
And I was willing
But…..
In my darkest dungeon hour
Heartbroken and heart hungry
Needing my god
To rescue me
To shine out
To convey
To love me….
OH, TO LOVE ME!!!!
There was silence
“Why have you abandoned me?”
SILENCE
Forsaken
In life’s extreme elements
Face of death moments
Joyous new birth celebrations
Extreme love consummations
Fear frustrations
In all these extremes
My lips could not birth
My hands could not cradle
The children of my heart
Emotions still born
This god is dead
Omnipotence farce
Impotent
Impotent
Unable to satisfy
To create new life in me
A god unable
But there is a WORD
Living and Active
Stronger than Life or Death
Eternally past, present, and future
Always there
Omnipotent is His name
Omnipresent his love
Omniscient his wisdom
One WORD…
By which the universe came to be
Every flower, shrub, and tree
Every animal and lake and sea
Everything
By just ONE WORD
The true GOD incarnate
JESUS
The only Word
That can save
ME
Eileen Manassian
John 1: 1 – 3, 14
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcomea it. 14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2014
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