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Waiting for the Messiah Someplace Else
Motel: Rabbi, we've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives.
Wouldn't now be a good time for him to come?
Rabbi: I guess we'll have to wait someplace else.
-Fiddler on the Roof
And so we wait, here where we are, the time
Marked off by calends and by candlelight
Four Gospels in a ring of holy fire
Before the Altar, and before the Throne
The Magi journey through space and time
Our journey is in waiting for a star
To shine upon us all, and lead us to
The Temple where all waiting finally ends
Beside an Altar of repose in a Stable
A cradle of wood from Eden and the Ark
Dec 13, 2020
Dec 13, 2020 at 7:27 AM UTC
Lawrence Hall
[email protected]
https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
Waiting for the Messiah Someplace Else
Motel: Rabbi, we've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives.
Wouldn't now be a good time for him to come?
Rabbi: I guess we'll have to wait someplace else.
-Fiddler on the Roof
And so we wait, here where we are, the time
Marked off by calends and by candlelight
Four Gospels in a ring of holy fire
Before the Altar, and before the Throne
The Magi journey through space and time
Our journey is in waiting for a star
To shine upon us all, and lead us to
The Temple where all waiting finally ends
Beside an Altar of repose in a Stable
A cradle of wood from Eden and the Ark
A poem is itself.