Apocalypse (The Words Of John, The Beloved Disciple Of Jesus Christ)(Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

(in answer to W. E. G. Louw)

I saw You, as God, King, Priest and Judge
and know that all men do only come to salvation through You
but these predictions of beasts and of times did sweep me along
where I was astounded by the evil and Your great love, mercy and omnipotence,
where world empires and powers did alternate rapidly and everything did change
where nothing evil, vain and dark before Your fierce light could be disguised
and I was in grief with how humanity spends its time during the great crisis days
where end-time events suddenly did fold open before me like a flower.
With great sorrow my profetic glance did go over the world,
where I, Your beloved disciple, did stand so unworthy before Your glory and throne
when You gave Your revelation to me of the last events of this world,
and I was weak in Your holy light, did struggle to go on
but Your judgement and pronouncements I had to make and tell the whole world of it,
that You are interested in each human being, nation, people and government.

[Reference:"Apocalypsis" by W. E. G. Louw.]