Bicentenary Poems and Prose

A Talk With Baha'u'llah

A Talk With Baha'u'llah:
To The Blessed Beauty

"O Son of Being!
Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds."

Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words, Part One: From the Arabic: Number 31

Blessed Beauty,
Baha'u'llah,

There is something about the sunset that saddens me.
It is time to face reality!
Did I read form God's word today?
Did I pray?
Did I bring joy into someone's life?
Or Did I fall short of the mark by bringing pain to a human heart?
Did word and deed go hand-in-hand in my dealing with my fellowman?
Or did my actions oppose my words proving me a hypocrite?

Baha'u'llah,
         I contemplate "The Accounting",
         I consider the various ways
         I have attempted this action,
         and I find that some have been successful,
         while others did not succeed very well.

Blessed Beauty,
         I think the best way to bring myself to account
         is simply to talk to you
         about the way I can improve,
         and live a Baha'i life.

Poet's Note: ▼

Poem 167 of 200 Dedicated to The Blessed Beauty. Part of the first stanza is a poem I wrote a few years ago. The poem was inspired by the quote from The Hidden Words. The title of the original poem was "The Accounting".