The Big Picture (2002)



O my Light, where are You?
I seek Your intensity once more,
Your great white brightness,
Your predominance of essential truth,
Your sanctity of enlightenment.

You are the eternal flame.
Only You, with Your might
persevered through the darkness.
Your dominion, Your strength, to which I bowed down.
You are the true One, the only One I  shall follow.

May Your particles of radiance course through my body
and reach my psyche.
May You fire my central neuron
and impart upon me the spark of life.
May I smile again.

May Your wish be to grant my heart
the will to continue to beat,
and allow the substance of the living to flow in my blood and pulsate through my veins,
and to permit the rays from our star to reach my nucleus.

I resign myself to Your glory and command always.
You appeared in me and breathed vigor into my soul,
and I give boundless thanks.  You are my master,
of all names and in all tongues of past and present.

You touched the very essence of my core
and have shown me the truth and source of our life force, permitting me to quench my acute thirst from Your spring.
I dedicate my being to Your exalted glory,
Your eminent power.

Your dynamism is my very substance.
You became me,
and I am a shard of your abundant vessel of all existence.  With eyes closed I begin to feel Your warmth,
drawing vitality from your bosom.

Basking in Your eternal wisdom
I invite all humankind of all forms,
believers  or not,
to follow Your awe-inspiring presence
with conviction and merriment.

I believe in Your touch,
Your unity,
Your energy,
Your compassion,
Your strength,
Your honesty,
and Your love.

Submitting, submitting, submitting for now and for ever.
You are my faith.
Your energy is my permanence shining in me.
You have found me again, we are one,

and I smile once more . . .
because we will never go below again to purgatory
but always searching for a new door
and there will never be again such a Heavenly story.
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Submitted on April 21, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XABXC XXBDX EEDXX XXXB XXFC AXEF GEXH HXXGC XEEIXEX FXEI AEAE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,877
Words 349
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 7, 4, 4

Doug Hall

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