A Room Of Radiance Poem by Daniel Brick

Honoring the Prophet

You have occupied a space
in the western mind
for the heavy unfolding of
thirteen hundred years.
I wish I could describe
that space as a room
of such design and building
that it does honor to its
resident, that is replete
with the good will of his life,
that reflects the sacrifice
and the triumphs of his age.

But alas a believer who has
surrendered to God's will
and carries within his heart
the truth of the Prophet's being
will grieve at the contents
of that room: it is a space
of fears, doubts, ignorance,
even outright hatred. I would
refurnish this room in our minds
closer to the heart's truth.
It should be a room of radiance:
the greatest man displaying the greatest worship.