Light’s Leviathan

Lights Leviathan

“In every age and cycle He hath, through the splendorous light shed by the Manifestations of His wondrous Essence, recreated all things, so that whatsoever reflecteth in the heavens and on the earth the signs of His glory may not be deprived of the outpourings of His mercy, nor despair of the showers of His favors. How all-encompassing are the wonders of His boundless grace!”

Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah

Outpourings in darkness
                       soul frames longing
                         lost, lassoing,
                            looking 
                                twisting twirling
                                      torrential
                                               light.

Thoughts into action
                  flight away from fancy
                   focus 
                    flowing
                     freedom 
                        singing rungs to
                                         heaven.

Ripple rising 
        through the water
                 torch like
                  from torment, 
                      terrifying,
                         transforming into
                           tenacious
                                  hope's
                                     leviathan.


(c) Poem by June Perkins


Poem inspired by photograph and Gleaning from Nineteen Months