I will drink blood; Thy wine or, failing, choke
on such diminished sludge as yet delights
and puppeteers this brittle frame to flights
macabre - the wit of ego's vicious joke.
I will eat bread; burnt black o'er ordure-smoke,
yet from Thy hand. Else, gluttony incites
I gnaw my flesh to quell dark appetites,
my kith to tease the thirst my tastes awoke.
Curst lies this sciolist of love divine
who crafts excuses to palaver grace
and vaunts the depths of his own acumen.
What worlds might be with love that mirrored Thine?
Or deeds o'er words which serv'd t'unveil Thy face?
Let wisdom turn upon Thy mere Amen!
~
AMDG
1 comment:
Earlier this week we *just happened* to read Lev. 17 (incl. 17:10) and Acts 15 (incl. vv. 20, 29) in our regular consecutive reading, morning & evening, on the same day, and talked about the prohibition found there. And then here you are with this, written awhile ago but read by me today.
Also, I approve of this sonnet format (of course).
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