Service Destiny Poem by Jo Anna Bella Bennerson

“…I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind,
and the gracious favor of Almighty God.”

Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln


These words are not confined to a limited space and time,
rather they must govern every human venture sought.
It requires volcanic pressure to withstand the force of closed minds,
for every thought and syllable pronounced is fiercely fought.
Even bludgeoned, shot, despised; Righteousness is deemed your fault.
There is no rapid glory; no declaration made in the nick of time.
The truth of the ages ruptures through the ligaments of your heart.
Scripted words declare rebellion denied, throughout harmoniously written lines.
Does your fellow citizen believe in political art?
Will he frame your proclamation as evidence, as a sign
for the world to see that you never destined to harbor war?
How soon after the FIRST will humans finally bind
into the glorious brotherhood sanctioned by God?
Invoke, if you can, the considerate judgment of mankind.
Pray, that the gracious favor of Almighty God
will surround you throughout the annals of time.
For DESTINY, herself, eternally free, shall never be caught!


Jo Anna Bella
Poet at Heart
© 1992