Sustain Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

Stilled search awaited call seize
bear behavourism's privilege frieze.
Conversant seek Messiah quest bound.
Search. Call. Implore. Summon. Herald.
Thee throngs call wilderness. Tidings’ Teacher.

With freedom’s veld
sweeping robes he’s coming fear.
Enlightenment held
by no lusting loose lay preacher.

What will eater of locusts honey weld
castrated searching repentant children?
Tempest intense as boiling cauldron
gilt gift held heaven summoned retainer.

Heart Soul Intestinal Guts Unbowed.
Baptize didactic. Symbolism vision!
{Bled tears bespeak sweated blood
until droplets fall a torrent shower! }

Still yet. Not quest served cross fulfilled.
Until voice vanquished be hoarse rough!
Grating groundless drained. A croak throat.
Can not give! No more! Compelled yet must!


Prepare articulate rite of purification pronounced.
Through every lessons minutes scheduled!
With love heart warmed sustaining service power.
Until last seconds denoting sentenced final hour!

Shadows sacrificed act defining teacher!
Crowds Call! Crowds Search! Crowds Look!
For a man throng’s tidings call a Teacher!
One innocent man athunder asunder astir
astonish restored resurrection calls Saviour.


Copyright © Terence George Craddock