World's Ending

By Anvar2

Fri, 16 Mar 2012

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5 comments

At the gates of Rome
City of Blood
The Messiah sits among the lepers
Wrapping and unwrapping his blood-soaked bandages
"Perhaps today I will be needed,"
He says.
"I must be ready."

The end is nigh
Now and always
All worlds are ending.
After all, what have we got?
Each of us only
- and exactly -
A lifetime.

Man, his days are like grass -
The wind passes over us
And we are no more.

So when is he coming?

The year six thousand,
When the world will all be sabbath.

Speedily, and in our time.

Today,
if you would only hear His voice.

Comments

Eloquently written. But the

Permalink Submitted by Luly Whisper on Fri, 2012-03-16 21:16

Eloquently written. But the year six thousand? How do you know? Or is it a purely symbolic figure?

Thanks Luly Whisper. The

Permalink Submitted by Anvar2 on Fri, 2012-03-16 22:09

Thanks Luly Whisper. The year 6000 isn't my idea - a reference to the Talmud, Sanhedrin 97a - though I think it is meant to be understood symbolically. Btw, it corresponds to the year 2250.

Thanks for explaining that,

Permalink Submitted by Luly Whisper on Sat, 2012-03-17 08:11

Thanks for explaining that, Anvar2.

This poem I found not quite

Permalink Submitted by Denzella on Sat, 2012-03-24 19:35

This poem I found not quite so accessible as the other one I read but that is because I am not sure what you mean by "When the world be all Sabbath." And there were some other passages that I didn't quite understand but then I'm no poet. However I did very much like the line "Each of us only - and exactly - A lifetime. Still enjoyed the poem overall though. Moya

Hi Moya, thanks for

Permalink Submitted by Anvar2 on Sun, 2012-03-25 00:16

Hi Moya, thanks for commenting on this even though you did not find it accessible. This one was quite heavily influenced by Jewish writings on the Messiah and the end of time. Glad you enjoyed it overall.