TIME'S ALMOST UP

TIME’S ALMOST UP

The time of useful consciousness

the brief time in which

some lifesaving action is possible

                     –Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence, you’re almost finished

the time allotted you

on your pilgrimage

on this the Dark Planet

besieged from without

by invisibility-cloaked

Luciferian hordes

and from within by our own

ego-driven hearts

who prefer

to take the throne

of sovereignty

than yield it

to the God of life

and selfless love

who is Himself the source

of true holiness

– that sacred glory

we may have glimpsed

in high moments –

Yes, I know

He has those who claim to be

“his buddies on earth”

but belie this honor

by their antics

– forget them

they have nothing to do

with this

your own hour

of need – 

for the dark lord

eagerly desires

your soul

and awaits your arrival

in his realm

– you

who lifted your voice

to the world

in the name of the sacred

humanity

– you

who defied and despised

the dark powers

that engulfed

and overpowered

the sacred subjective

hearts of women and men

and little children

with juggernaut machines

and violence –

and now he would

make a spectacle

of you

the singer of humanity

and despoil you

before all the rest

of his captive humans

those who refused

the command of righteousness

and offer of mercy

and forgiveness

by his great Enemy

Jesus Christ

God the Son

forget His so-called

foolish “buddies”

it is the Saviour of the world

with whom

you now have to do

who says to you

*   *   *

Come to Me

all you who labor

and are heavy laden

and I will give you rest

him that comes to Me

I will in no wise cast out

I am the way

the truth

and the life –

no man comes unto the Father

but by Me

who gave My life

on the cross

a ransom for sinners

to make payment

for their sin

who rose from the dead

– I am the resurrection –

and now give them the gift

of My own righteousness

as they abide in the shelter

of My heart

if you believe not

that I am He

you shall die in your sins

they that are whole have no need

of the physician

but they that are sick 

– I came not to call the righteous

but sinners to repentance

for I came not to condemn the world

but that the world through Me

might be saved

*   *   *

Lawrence, many would love to see

your face

on the new earth and heaven

wherein dwells righteousness

and is no death or pain

but the Eternal

Himself

dwells in our midst

surpassing the wonder

and glory

of all old earth’s

myths

His presence

His love

our souls’ chief treasure

Come!

Rejoice with us

world without end.

                  5/19/13