Twilight at the Seawall

Photo: Kaela Roster, March 2016

Dark hills,

glowing sky,

indigo fast fading

to black,

while on the edge of fire

incandescent embers

hurry the wheeling world

round ancient paths.

But see how, 

newly awakened,

the cool moon ascends,

awash in reflected glory,

full and round, 

and lovely.

(2011 - 2017)

in the villages round Caesarea Philippi

Oh, we are

a faithless generation!

I saw the lying spirits

ensnare my son

throw him into the mud fouling

his boy's mind with fetid waters,

unleashing to fiery panic

his gibbering tongue,

but everyone shrugged and said,

"nothing can be done."

A faithless man, I prayed for faith

and He entered the fray,

commanding to silence

Satan's dubious claims,

with His mighty prayer

sending hell-ward howling

all our false and golden

gods,

and gave me back

my son!

(14 Sept 2012/ 5 Sept 2017)