Cyrus
The Great’s Proof
It’s wrong to disown
any family.
We must be fair in
hospitality
To every member. We
may not despise
Another made in
Heaven’s image. Wise
Ones know the
converse would be blasphemy.
We had to
unify. No boundary
Is moral. Even Hebrews now are free
To come back in the
fold, to realize
It’s wrong to disown
any family.
Death can’t destroy
your Image. Unity
Has to survive the
grave and cannot be
Extinguished. Live and dead must still comprise
A common brood. We specters therefore rise
To meet you knowing
that you will agree
It’s wrong to disown
any family.
Esther's Sonnet
There’s bravery
that’s physical in bed,
That’s cousin to the
field of battle’s. I
Burned with such
valor from the day I wed
Another by whose
whim I’d live or die.
I passed, had spies,
laid trenches in the sheet.
I suffered the
assaults but never gave
A true
surrender. I held till defeat
Had closed the enemy
within his grave
With my
assistance. There’s no felony
In war’s attack, in
what I had to do.
There are no lies or
whores in battle. We
Have heroes or we’ve
cowards--just the two.
This star of Esther stayed though others fell:
By name, the heavens
are where Esthers dwell.
© Harold Anthony Lloyd 2016
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