Reproached Reticence or Grand Command

The sunrise the other morning commanded exaltation

to the God of all creation!!

I pause. 

I do not want to taint 

Perfection with my verse

and yet, 

a sense of pink ink thunders, 

as if to immerse

the part of me that poetry 

always gets the best of;

a need to pen 

an awed and meek amen,

to God above

with love. 

Whose wordless eloquence 

never ceases to rouse

an image of glory, before/beneath 

which every poet bows

to pour, with pure intention, 

utterance, 

however flawed

...to heed His invitation 

to exalt 

the name of God

...thus, I approach dawn's burning bush

to hear His Voice resound

With grand command,

'take off thy shoes

for this is holy ground'

© Janet Martin

Phil.2:2-11

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place

and gave Him the name above all names,

10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

poem in traditional form...

I pause. I do not want to taint Perfection with my verse

and yet, a sense of pink ink thunders, as if to immerse

the part of me that poetry always gets the best of;

a need to pen an awed and meek amen, to God above

with love. Whose wordless eloquence never ceases to rouse

an image of glory, before/beneath which every poet bows

to pour, with pure intention, utterance, however flawed

...to heed His invitation to exalt the name of God

...thus, I approach dawn's burning bush to hear His Voice resound

With grand command, 'take off thy shoes for this is holy ground'

© Janet Martin