Keith D Trestrail Poet Lyric

Notes About The Poem

The five Omnis of God are omnibenevolence; omnificence; 

         omnipotence; omnipresence; and omniscience.

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God of Time

  In flux and flow
time is a river that calls
  and I a ripple 
upon its rapids and falls.
  By God begun
I will follow its end until
  my river is run
and the waters are still
  in the circle sun.

  Time and space 
and gravitational waves 
  wash over me
beside its portal graves.
  But I am carbon
in temporal and atomic
  flesh and skin
and swirling biocosmic 
  dust in the wind.

  God of arc and line
lies beneath the water’s
      circles of time,
but God’s time is spatial
  frozen and glacial
  and linear is mine.

  He is the spirit 
and light in the mire,
  He is the flood
and earth, wind and fire.
  He is the spark
and my eternal flame,
  He is the Omni,
  God of infinity 
and knows me by name.

  God of arc and line
lies beneath the water’s
      circles of time,
but God’s time is spatial 
  frozen and glacial
  and linear is mine.



Written: February 2025

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Sam Kauffman August 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM Indeed, God knows your name, Keith and has given you a special gift to use words to give God glory! This poem is quite special with so many vibrant images and profound thoughts to ponder. Elegant. Congratulations on your win! Blessings to you! Keith D Trestrail August 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM Thank you, Sam, I appreciate it. And blessings to you too.

Susan Ashley August 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM Dear Keith, your prayerful poem is simply beautiful. Your rhyme scheme is lovely and enhances the pious expression of this piece. Indeed, the separation in stature between man and God is keenly, soulfully felt, yet so is the connection. Love your thoughtful vibrant symbolic use of imagery too. Congratulations for your success in Rob's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan Keith D Trestrail August 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM Lovely to hear your thoughts, Susan. Yeah, everything is connected - God, nature, man, and the megaverse.

Vanya Evangeline August 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM Excellent write, Keith! It has something like psalmic rhythm to it. And I like the water and waves imagery you used. They're my favourite elements. Keith D Trestrail August 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM Thanks so much, Vanya. It’s a whole waves of consciousness thing.

Reason A. Poteet August 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM Had not heard the term omnificence before: my introduction to another one of God's infinite attributes. Glacial meaning icy cold or immovable (in slang) hardly describes the God I worship. Not sure what you imply with "God's time is glacial." Still I thank you for mentioning omnificence. Keith D Trestrail August 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM Think of our time as a river and God’s as a glacier. That’s the shallow answer.

Crystol Woods August 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM This is wonderful Keith! So intimate and thoughtful... like a prayer. Xo Keith D Trestrail August 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM Thank you, Crystol. We are all earth, wind, and fire. Oh, and ice too!

Rob Carmack August 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM Each one of us is a world in and of itself connected to eternity. From a ripple to a river and Matthew 16:25 “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” Thanks for supporting my contest. Keith D Trestrail August 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM Thanks Rob, Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’ into the future…oh wait, PLAGIARISM ALERT!

Al Juman July 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM Tried hard to get it but you are the ripple, then you are the river--you lost me Time and space and gravitational waves wash over me Confused soul seeking God - You need a priest Keith D Trestrail July 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM No Al, I need a holiday!

Hilda Greenhough March 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM This poem has beautiful rhyme, smooth rhythm, and apodictic belief in faith. It was sincere pleasure to read. Keith D Trestrail March 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM Thanks Hilda. I learned a new word today (apodictic). I was feeling very mortal when I wrote this. God bless.

Andrea Dietrich March 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM You did a great job here showing your spiritual side Keith D Trestrail March 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM Thanks Andrea. God is great.

Arlo Parker February 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM Like 21 years never happened. This work has continued your impressive poetic journey. Bravo! Keith D Trestrail February 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM Yep, my journey is a series of short trips.

Terrell Martin February 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM Hello Keith. The rhyme, flavor and depth of this poem is right up my alley meaning, it's the kind of poetry that I most prefer to read and write about. I love the imagery of the river coupled with fleeting time along with God's (the Omni) ultimate control over life and death. It's a gripping and enigmatic piece of poetry. Both thre poem and you go to my FAV's and hope to visit you again. Write on, Terrell Keith D Trestrail February 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM Thanks Terrell. Stop by anytime. There’s a beer in the fridge. Cheers!