Phoenix
by Dale J. Sprague
Op. 13 JHVH
Cantos 1. Eros
Split a piece of wood, lift any stone, look into your home..into your enemy's home, look to the earth, water, air, and fire!..it is there. If those who lead you say, "Behold!..the kingdom is in the heavens," then the birds will precede you. If they say that it is in the sea, then the fish will precede you. Rather, it is within you, and it is outside you...the eternal is all and everything
Cantos 2. Agape
Once, long ago, a manchild was immaculately conceived, from a dream seed of life so spirited, in a fertile womb within whom the dream was venerated. He was chosen to bear the burden of so much pain, bring water to a desolate plain, and with spirit impaled, vanish and forever remain. He was named, Yeshua
Once, long ago, a man cried in the wilderness, he fought the self righteous, he sought a greater love, his light shined in the darkness, but the darkness comprehended it naught
The light therefore, will not dignify hate with hate, nor magnify any fault apparent, for the light seeks only peace in prayer, not a greater light. The light seeks the paradise of a child's eye, not 'eye for an eye.' And with the dark wisdom of a child, seeks also, love beyond self love
And so, like the traveler upon the waters that nourish the 'tree of life,' and like the fruit itself, which must inevitably separate, the light will distance itself from flesh, for spirit inseparable from flesh and bone cannot receive and hold the fruits of life