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Sapphire Space and Eden Green

“…and they saw the God of Israel; and under His
feet there appeared to be a pavement of
sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.” —Exodus 24

“I saw a new heaven and a new earth”
__—Revelation 21

O Son of God,
this ground you’ve trod,
Lo Savior Lord,
gird on your sword,
And guide our life
within the strife
Till warfare cease
—our Prince of Peace.

What haughty airs
within the lair;
What evil powers
that taunt, devour;
What crafted lies
and skilled disguise;
You put to flight
amid our fight.

Then at the end
When Time should rend—
Sapphire space,
fraternal grace.
Brother, Savior,
Father’s favor,
Engraved secure
So we endure—

Though smile be grim,
to fight with Him,
Reciprocate,
and gain the gate
Of Eden green,
where unforeseen,
What joy unfold
Now hid untold?

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Alexander King Ream is a writer living in the Northern Neck of Virginia. His work has been printed in Decanto Poetry Magazine, Western Viewpoints and Poetic Images: the Great American West 2015, The Rocky Point Times 2016 and in several issues of The Lyric.  Currently, his work has gone to print in the Autumn Journal of The Writers Guild of Virginia, and his novel Canterbury 2020 is available locally in the Northern Neck of Virginia.  A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at the University of Georgia, he deployed to Hawija, then wrote on Lookout Mountain, continuing to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon International. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor.  

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5 Responses

    • Alexander Ream

      It’s coming. Uh, Jesus is coming back. He ate fish in his resurrected physical frame, so it’s not exclusively spiritual. We’ll see Him, look Him in the eye and shake his hand.

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  4. Margaret Coats

    Supernally beautiful, Alexander. While easy to read, it does ask for thought that slows down the tempo, and allows the large contemplation your epigraphs suggest.

    Reply

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