in the eye of a sparrow –a moment flecked gold
~ Dora @Pilgrim Dreams:
Passer domesticus biblicus* -
I have seen them on the Western wall
their plumage of such humble hue
besides the bleach white doves.
So commonplace they congregate
in crevices, chit-chat amongst the messages
that fill the temple stones. And flock
and fill the bible with their presence too.
Significance as metaphor in verses
old and new, sung to His deliverance,
watchfulness, provision
I've stared into those sparrow eyes -
a being indefinable beams back
defying recognition. deified perhaps.
Uncanny as the void that's full
in a moment flecked gold
one momentary flicker of God.
- East Mediterranean House Sparrow
For Melissa’s Poetics Prompt April Poems Bring May Centos we are writing one that combines some selected lines from dVerse contributors or a poem that includes one as inspiration and epigraph as here with Dora’s “Transience” poem, Title taken from the hymn by Civilla D. Martin, 1905 based on Matthew 10:29-31
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