Mission
Molten steel
is what I wish to pour
upon the gray confusion
of the stubborn, blinding gall inside me.
I want to see the mountain tremble,
to hear the roaring nether earth
assert its consciousness, to join
the yeomen of the mind who travel
on the higher ground of light.
I want to call the seraphim from out the East
and taste upon my lips, refiner's fire,
to sing the Wisdom choruses
the prophets heard.
Let me engage the beasts of reticence,
the somnolence of hordes bemired
in hedonistic clay. Let me cry out
upon the day, a sanguine joy
in triumph over lassitude and conquerors
and endless kingdoms of desire.
There waits within, a firey page
that cannot be consumed,
inscribed by messengers who
having heard the throbbing song,
will fly through time with me
announcing with a spirit grace
mortality eschews,
the stunning news of love.
~
Copyright © Robert Ludden | Year Posted 2012
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