Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Feast of Light

Feast of Light:
To The Blessed Beauty

"With the hands of power I made thee and with the fingers of strength I created thee; and within thee have I placed the essence of My light. Be thou content with it and seek naught else, for My work is perfect and My command is binding. Question it not, nor have a doubt thereof."

Bahá’u’lláh from The Hidden Words1

Verse by verse I consume
the radiance of God's love
from the platter of His revelation.

Sip by sip I imbibe
the brightness
of the wine of eternal life
from the golden chalice
of the scriptures of revealed
by the Blessed Beauty.

One by one I pick
the fruits of splendour
from the boughs of the Tree of Life.

Satiated
by the effulgence
of the feast
offered by the Pen of God's Glory
my spirit soars
in the heaven of Divine illumination.

{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"This is Poem 14 of 200 Dedicated to the Blessed Beauty.

Footnotes
1  Baha'i Words for June 6, 2015.