Trinity
To be a god that holds the Devil’s lease
has placed the weight of Earth upon my soul.
‘Tis but a curse that undermines the peace
as self-destruction seeks its fatal goal.
Our path from Eden changed within a breath
when destiny was taken from God’s hand…
and, in an instant, “now I am become death,
the destroyer of worlds” upon command.
But treachery left nothing to conceal
when twisted threads of silence came undone.
Now trumpets sound to breach the seventh seal,
for mankind holds the secrets of the Sun.
The apathy of God unleashes fire
as devastation cedes to man’s desire.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
“now I am become death,
the destroyer of worlds”
was Oppenheimer's statement in response to
the detonation of the first atomic bomb
Copyright © Mark Massey | Year Posted 2025
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