A Picture of God – v2

A picture of God, engrained, virulent
remains in the recesses, synapses
of my mind, an old, recurring
resistant strain, a long dormant
thread, a patronymic, ever reminding me
of the Father, the heavenly father figure
the bearded face, the outstretched finger
captured by Michelangelo, the father of the Son

But how do we know, how can we be so sure
that the face of God is the eternal Father,
not the Mother, not the sister, the brother?

Why can’t we let go, freed of convention,
of the outmoded image, lingering,
buried deep into the synapses
anchored in the subconscious,
the old, familiar masculine voice, Father,
the beneficent Creator, the nurturing mother
holding, protecting Her ordered world,
holding us, loving, in a different way

Love, the most feminine of virtues;
Lady Wisdom, our mother, our lover,
She too is the face we see, another face of God


edited July 19, 2012
“A Picture of God – v2”
July 2, 2007 22:21
“A Picture of God”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/07/picture-of-god.html


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