The Eighth Day of Creation
by R.E. Slater
O' Father God,
who spake bright worlds
into being and becoming,
who guides forces of
renewing goodness
and bounteous energy;
be our hope and stay
during dark days of evil.
Deliver Thy people
who walk your love,
from crimes of
injustice and hate;
guide thy creation
its bounteous courses,
from barrenness
and childless joy.
Do not abandon us
Deliver Thy people
who walk your love,
from crimes of
injustice and hate;
guide thy creation
its bounteous courses,
from barrenness
and childless joy.
Do not abandon us
nor this frail earth,
to wickedness
and ruinous sin;
but come to us bringing
peace and goodwill,
during shameful days
of evil dreads.
Thy worlds were made
Thy worlds were made
in Thine own image;
self-creating worlds
of atoning goodness,
of soul redeeming love,
of resurrecting grace; all
sadly snared within webs
of sorrowful agency.
Be Thou our Guiding Poet
Be Thou our Guiding Poet
over all our affairs; direct
Thy loving conviction
with holy compassion
upon those spewing hate;
whose lips speak lies daily
and restless slander; false
shepherds of undead souls.
To those who seek
To those who seek
Thee not, who rage
within, who harm;
be not still Thy Spirit
which stills broken hearts,
which opens blinded eyes,
which unstops deaf ears,
raising lepers to walk.
Such harlots to humanity
Such harlots to humanity
look not within but hate,
spinning lies and deceits
of every kind; such whores
of creation breed every kind
of evil, unrelenting their sin;
to these, close their mouths,
lay bare their nakedness.
You have birthed worlds
You have birthed worlds
promising Eden, yet we
destroy Thy holy earth,
denying its promise, by
unlove and fell deeds;
may Eden renew again
our hearts of hard clays, as
Thy yielded soils remade.
R.E. Slater
April 21, 2020
rev. June 2, 2020
@copyright R.E. Slater Publications
all rights reserved
R.E. Slater
April 21, 2020
rev. June 2, 2020
@copyright R.E. Slater Publications
all rights reserved
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