A nightmares tale! (poem) by JASMIN HORST E. P. SEILER on AuthorsDen

A nightmares tale!
by JASMIN HORST E. P. SEILER → (All Poetry by JASMIN HORST E. P. SEILER)
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Golden calf's are plenty!
There within the tomb, the temple, their God he be, Bones of yesteryear remind us cruelly, Vespers had consumed, Gods kingdom, Hell had they accused, so ruefully, Still, there on the altar gold plates, silken laced, Whereupon, ego, selfishness and greed where placed, And the chalice of the blood consumed, The devil had embraced, God’s treasures though had squandered all Insects, butterflies, and nematodes, And all that God had made large and small, Bones and skeletons had left, that filled the steeple tall, A whisper still remained, like Noah’s ark a bird had flew, It did not sing no more, singing now did rue, Nothing left to sing about, this world now bare, No one left its joy to share it knew, Like a ghost from distant space he stood, A golden robe, his arms in priestly motion, As he had in times of yore, Blessing all with priestly lotion, as he always would, This apparition did I see, and ran to flee, away, On Mount Ararat I found a spot, Among the bones and timber lost, In haste and fear did pray, ©Jasmin Horst E.P. Seiler,22/03/2009

Reviewed by Jon Willey

Reviewed on March 23, 2009

Jasmin, your poem is rich in spirituality -- the warnings are clear enough for all to recall -- visions you paint on the memory's wall, indelible -- this is a moving write my friend -- peace and love-- JMW

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Ego, selfishness, greed, Golden Calves, and Chalices of Blood - mankind surely doesn't seem to have learned very much after all those years.

Reviewed by Georg Mateos

Perhaps, after wandering for forty years in the desert, man lost focus of his beliefs and made that famous golden calf, again and again and....
You just nailed the lies into a rock.

Georg

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on March 22, 2009

Amazing apparition seen and so well portrayed, Jasmin you have me enrapt in the images of such an event! Splendid writing!

Love,
Eileen

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Bravo my friend! A wonderful write expressing all that has come before and the cause of the downfall....

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by John Flanagan

Jasmin,
Powerful, evocative imagery and language expressing loss of value, faith and spirituality and the search for meaning and what's worthwhile in a world dominated by idols. I love the point of view here and the style in which you share it, thank you.
John