Howl: For the Las Vegas Victims

Today, we dedicate our poem to the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. Our deepest sympathies to their family & friends. ∼ Chasing Ebenezer

Sunday Psalms: Fictional Narratives & Poetry Inspired by the Psalms, Proverbs, & Other Biblical Works

Howl

Pop, pop, beat, beat–stop

Bullets rip through flesh & bone
Blood escapes our mortal veins
Drips, gushes, howls its grisly disdain

Knives slice sweet skin
Marring art divine
Image of the Creator
Assaulted
Earth howls its refrain

Is there no balm in Gilead?
No anesthetic cure
for evil’s jagged, jealous tongue?

Arise, O Lord,
Break open clouds
Water this, Your planet, with life’s cleansing salve
Silence mankind’s howling cry,
cries of fathers, mothers, children, lovers
We agree: this world needs its Destiny

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Jeremiah 8:22 (ASV)

Question to Ponder: In the midst of this week’s pain, where have you seen beauty?

Song Recommendation: This week we’d like to suggest our song The End.

-Read Previous Sunday Psalms from Season Two: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5,Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode 16,  Episode 17, Episode 18, Episode 19, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 22, Episode 23, Episode 24, Episode 25, Episode 26, Episode 27, Episode 28, Episode 29, Episode 30, Episode 31, Episode 32, Episode 33,  Episode 34, Episode 35, Episode 36, Episode 37, Episode 38, Episode 39, Episode 40

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Written by Heidi Beth Sadler, Inspired by current events and Jeremiah 8. Copyright © 2017 Benjamin & Heidi Sadler, All Rights Reserved.

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