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let me be salt
“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others.”
—Matthew 4:2 ESV
i clamour not to have my name
immortalised in gold
my service yield i not for fame
mercy has been paroled!
my right hand knows not what my left
conspires or circumvents
of affectations yet bereft
integrity relents
not to the pride of life, nor yields
to fleshly lusts, nor bows
to appetites pure wisdom shields
from him who love bestows
hunger spits in the face of shame
when daily bread runs scarce
for accolades of false acclaim
doth not the bosom pierce
that eats my hand for want of food
or drinks for ale my tears
or wears my shadow in the nude
for fabrics-in-arrears
let me be salt, the earth the sea
that i may penetrate
the concourse of man’s destiny
if i may liberate
the prisoner from his rigid chains
the sick from his deathbed
—not unto me for earthly gains
compassion’s watershed
© Copyright 2020 August 22
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others.”
—Matthew 4:2 ESV
i clamour not to have my name
immortalised in gold
my service yield i not for fame
mercy has been paroled!
my right hand knows not what my left
conspires or circumvents
of affectations yet bereft
integrity relents
not to the pride of life, nor yields
to fleshly lusts, nor bows
to appetites pure wisdom shields
from him who love bestows
hunger spits in the face of shame
when daily bread runs scarce
for accolades of false acclaim
doth not the bosom pierce
that eats my hand for want of food
or drinks for ale my tears
or wears my shadow in the nude
for fabrics-in-arrears
let me be salt, the earth the sea
that i may penetrate
the concourse of man’s destiny
if i may liberate
the prisoner from his rigid chains
the sick from his deathbed
—not unto me for earthly gains
compassion’s watershed
© Copyright 2020 August 22
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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