The Vineyard

The vines brought forth

the fruit of man,

and the men fought over them—

spilling blood,

forsaking the promise

of the Father.


In doing so,

they knowingly put their brothers

in perilous danger,

and they deceived their children

and damned themselves.


For something unclean
cannot sit at the table.


In time,

their children will grow

to be men—

and these men

will serve no other god

but themselves.


The Lord God showed me

that I was such a man,

from such a place.

And I knew

I could not leave the vineyard,

because I owed it a debt.

I said to The Lord God:


“I do not know you,
but I have heard of your Son—
who was a man like I am,
but made perfect
and pure.


I have heard
that you gave him to this world
so that we might be saved
because you made Him perfect,
and he cannot serve
the wickedness of man’s will.


You only needed
to do this once,
because he has ascended
to Heaven—
and he will bring us with him
to you
so that we might leave this field.


Without him,
there is no hope.”

 


The Lord God heard my words,

and He pointed me

toward a Mountain surrounded by Water

upon which a mighty flame burned.


And I understood,

and dropped to my knees.

The Lord God

took a cluster

of poisoned grapes

and set them into me.


And for two years,

I carried their weight

in my vessel.


And The Lord God said to me:


“You have fed
from such fruit.”


And I understood,

and hung my head in shame,

and watched.







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