Triptych
The holy trinity is a triptych:
composed of three parts
God the Father nods to the Jews
& the Old Testament blocks his view.
The jealous son-devouring monster, YHWH,
kept his family clean - if you get my drift?
The Son, springsnewly-created from the New Testament,
is full of hope, miracles & remorse.
he is born to be betrayed.
the cockerel crowed three times.
& the son of god was as lost
as I, as I sit and type on this cold evening.
Simetimes I pause for a sign
then I type the word 'triptych'
& realize that the 4th dimension
is always slipping just out of view
and so slips off like you & I do.
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John Marks
Wed 4th Jan 2023 17:01
A happy new year to you. I don't know Keith, the old cop out of the agnotic, I know. But (a)theism is a leap in the dark. The older that I become, the less I know. However, as you say Keith, glimpses and gleams of another dimension occur. I was put in mind of William Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood:
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparelled in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day.
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
The whole poem is here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45536/ode-intimations-of-immortality-from-recollections-of-early-childhood