Moses (Michelangel)- Wikipedia
Mere stone makes not the man…
Flows his thick greybeard, eyes all aglow,
tablets of the laws beneath his resilient hand;
following God’s plan for no man really knows.
Hear dusty whispers in the murmurs of the sand;
complaints arise, “No leaks back to Egypt we must go!”
Garments worn, years go by, still appear to be quite grand.
Fill the baskets, falls from Heaven, sweet tasty manna.
Hit the solid rock with your staff; watch the water spray.
Pushing, shouting, shoving people noises fill the day.
Strip your jewelry, toss the rings, bundle the gold;
then fashion a calf as weak Aaron scolds.
Face to face with God Himself; down the mountain Moses goes.
Voices rising in glee throughout painted desert sun;
people dancing, drinking, defiling just for fun.
Tears will surge when fury pervades this sinful place.
Weary as the years melt into endless decades,
people marching, mourning, muttering across the sand;
he will only gaze upon the Holy Promised Land;
for mere stone does not make the man.
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Blue Flute
/ February 26, 2012I like how you took the statue and brought it to life, living through the biblical stories in rhyme.
oceangirl
/ February 26, 2012I like the rhymes and the message. Awesome poem.
Victoria C. Slotto
/ February 26, 2012Wow, Patricia. You summarized Exodus and Deuteronomy in a few short lines. While Michelangelo’s statue is incredible, it pales in the presence of the real Moses.
Margaret L. Been
/ February 26, 2012That is absolutely AWESOME!
Bodhirose
/ February 26, 2012Beautifully done…what a story you have portrayed here…wonderful.
claudia
/ February 26, 2012stone doesn’t for sure…so many layers to mose’s personality..he was an awesome man..brave, weak, unorganized at times when i think how badly he needed the input from his father in law when he was about to wear himself out…and so passionate for god and also for his people…who could capture all this ever…
Pat Hatt
/ February 26, 2012No stone surely doesn’t, the man comes before it every time.
brian miller
/ February 26, 2012no stone does not…and i imagine it would have a hard time capturing the passion of moses…or that moses was certainly as broken as the rest of us…smiles.
Laurie Kolp
/ February 26, 2012Lovely!