Writing in Snow

Sunday Poem and Gratitude List

Jamál (Beauty), 16 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 175 B.E. - Sunday, February 3, 2019

Gratitude List for 16 Sulṭán

Today I am thankful...
          ...for the merit badges I received today.
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
          ...for the Ding Dong I had to go with my coffee this morning.
          ...that I have 45,650 points in my YouGov account.
          ...for the homemade hot cafe mocha I had this afternoon.
          ...that I have 174,737 GPs in my Gift Points account.

Earth's Blessing1

A rainbow arc spreads across the firmament,
voices praise in a thousand dialects
this paradigm of God's ancient covenant.

Voices raise intoning God's trillion names--
glorifying the mirrors of His attribute--
as they cross the bridge that connects
the rift valley that separates
into sects
the religion of God.

A rainbow spreads across Earth's continents,
mystic dance--
accompanied by castanets, bells, tambourines, lutes,
lyres, harps, dijeridus, bagpipes, musical bows,
reed flutes, talking drums, etc.--
as echoes reverberate and voices unite
into a single symphony
proclaiming that there is not a place on Earth
unblessed by the mention
of one of God's names.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/02/earths-blessing.html.