POETRY

IF A STONE HAD TEARS
Clutching a stone from the dust
In a withered claw of a hand
Sensing only darkness and shadow
In the presence of a glorious dawn
This poor blind gibbering creature
Tried to put out the Sun as He passed.
Guards rushed forward to restrain
That cacophony of shrill raucous cries
And the Sun spoke to them...
He said:

"Deny her not
What she regards
As a meritorious act
In the sight of God." *

Oh, dear beloveds
If that stone had tears
There would have been a river
Wide and deep and torrential enough
To wash away all the stones
Hurled throughout time
At the Sun
Light of the Worlds
When He appeared
Arrayed in new attire...
That Beauty of God
Amongst us

Nigh

* Baha'u'llah Dawnbreakers p.608
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posted by Unknown @ 4/11/2006 05:43:00 pm