Marcion the Mariner
Marcion built a ship for all men to enter
Across the never-ending time filled ocean
He divided the water filled with bitter salt
From the water of sweetness with his boat’s bow
Far greater than fiery Moses splitting the sea
The roman harbour rejected him and his ship
For it believed in the bitter water’s taste
Though it rotted their very bones in their red waves
They sold it as water made blessed and holy
Though flames burnt in their stomachs for ever unquenched
He made a map that showed the way to every pearl
The map showed the eleven islands of Christ
(About Marcion of Sinope 85 AD - 160 AD)
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