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Roberta Compton Rainwater
Poems
Jun 29
patmos
it was excruciating to watch
the boiling in oil
listening, though never a sound was made
nor a struggle against
excruciating
to see a skinless man crawling over stones
silent as a sleeping lamb
blind yet fully bright
excruciating
to watch as he signed
asking for writing materials
then, on his stomach, begin to write
as though he still has fingers
as though he still has eyes
his story is a vision
written with spirit fingers
and eyes
listening to the Inner Voice
the only sounds
the scratching of a stylus across papyrus
and the sighing of Breath
as he listens
c. 2024 Roberta Compton Rainwater
John of Patmos, who wrote Revelations, was boiled in oil, then sent to Patmos to die in exile. God had Other Plans.
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Roberta Compton Rainwater
76/F/Deep South
(76/F/Deep South)
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