Miscordia Domni

First draft

(The merciful Heart of the Lord)

Desert dust,

Spooked

by chariot wheels:

A road from Jerusalem to Gaza.

 

The noise of your Word,

reverberates off rock,

sending increments of sound

to soul.

Shattering desert camo:

Mottling, crisp tan, soft beige,

and moist brown....

Pixels

multiplying and generating...

A scroll,

A chariot,

A Eunuch,

A man:

Spirit, Water, Word.

The release

to flow into dirt,

into mud,

smeared against eyelids.

Leprosy of sin,

Dwelling desert ward,

Like so many temptations.

The desert:

A place,

A time,

A plan

with God.