A New God
We hear
There is a new God in the world
And we’ve been told it’s jealous
Human words testify,
But there is supposed to be citation
This God promises to mete another kind of
Justice
The older things will happen, finally
Fire and damnation
Things you already know
But there is something first,
Something deserving awe for being new
To terrify the agenda-holders who believe
They have it all, and it is right to
Want the rest
Before their destruction, there is a surprise
Offered quietly, persistently, even with fragility
It is love
Obviating Armageddon
For a time
The merest wish for this
And it will offer to take charge
At least to guide
Sublimate all misdirected sense of
Dignity in righteousness
(though dignity itself is good)
To make, in fact, the person whole
Gently bring one to the altar
There to cry the truth
Then to reach for something better,
As it’s offered
All the time
Rather freely
The who have arrived in faith already
Know already about this
Try to live, fall, live again
An uneven, promising, frustrating
Celebratory kind of life
Whose delight in giving will give out
Just in time for paradise
C L Couch
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