David Hyatt-Bickle Poet Choka

Threefold Laughter of Jesus

Peter went downwards
Onto a bed of black mud 
To rest his filled mind 
From questions of the cold wind
And prayed to the Son
For the burning white fire 
He was thus blinded
Briefly by a burning light          
He opened his eyes
And saw Jesus on the tree
Nailed, bleeding, dying
So, Peter pleaded
And wailed for Elijah‘s light
Wailed for salvation
Christ joyfully laughed three times
Bitter and confused
He raised a question to Christ
“Why are you laughing
As I and the cosmos weep
Tears of stars fall down
As the firmament’s soul breaks?”
The living Jesus 
Smiled and answered his brother
“I laughed the first time
Because you fear the cold wind
And the bythus veiled
I then laughed a second time
Because your spirit
Is not ready to feel cold
From the cosmic wind 
I laughed the third and last time
Because I am free
From flesh and cosmic waters
I am returning
To the light gardens of rest
Where the burning wind
Blows life on the diamond soil”
Peter glared at him
With his right eye shedding tears
Filled with rose red blood
With his left eye shedding tears
Filled with bitter salt
Christ saw the duality
And gave his last words
“You rejected me three times
And you heard the crow
I have affirmed life three times 
I now hear the song
Of a dove calling me home”
With that, Christ transformed
Into a huge Cross of Light
And ascended high
High above the shattered sky 
Peter bowed his head
And looked at the shifting earth
And loudly proclaimed 
“May Christ the Son’s example 
Breathe forth blazing flames
So I will not fear the wind
That cold, cosmic wind
May Barbelo the Mother 
The Holy Spirit
Prepare my soul to feel cold
While most gnash their teeth
May the Father of Greatness
The One above god
Free me from flesh and this world
The world of Saklas
Receive me into his love
In the clear garden”
The vision of light ended 
And Peter arose upwards

Inspired by the ancient text: The coptic Apocalypse of Peter. And a story from the Desert Fathers.

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