Prompts

One day the Lord gathered all the people unto him and said,

“Surprise me!”

And the people took him to task.

They showed him 

Holy war and nuclear war

Utopian communities and peacemaking.

They came up with 

Worm filled graves and atheism,

Eternal life and reincarnation.

They created for him

Murderers and abusers,

Lovers and saints.

They put on a show of words

With anger and hatred,

With mercy and love.

They even made themselves

Sick and diseased

So they could devise ways to be healthy and whole.

The people did everything 

They could 

To surprise him.

And one day the Lord said

“Enough!”

But no one was listening.

So he decided

To surprise them

With a visit, or two.

He came among the people

As a man, as many men. 

And he came as a woman, as many women.

And he was surprise to find

That as a man his lofty words and elaborate works were glorified.

As a woman, tortured and killed when few words were uttered and much simple work was done.

So the Lord returned

To the place from whence he came, 

To the pulsing cave of the one who birthed him.

“What must I do?, the Lord wailed.

“I expected to be pleasantly surprised,

But I am shocked.”

The pulsing One breathed on the Lord.

A tender melting 

Dissolved him.

The folly of his desire overcame him.

And the Lord surrendered the word.

“Love me!” his body pleaded.

And from the pulsing cave

An undulating wave of many colors

Gushed forth with the sound of thunder.