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Joshua Tree

by Scott Utley



My prophet rises from snow white sands.

He's cut and bruised with bloody hands.

His metamorphosis is marked by purple flowering feathered wings,

immaculately conceived. He reaches into the eye of the sky

and fondles memories from before my time.

Back when this river flowed with twice it's heart,

and the sky more volatile with twice it's strike.

When this desert land was twice as young,

He walked along these very skies now dusked across my mind,

like a churning, holy, electrical explosion.





My prophet rises from the deep blue sea

with gaping wounds for all to see.

His metamorphosis is marked by the inhalation

of deep and conscious breath. He has yellow diamonds

upon his chest strung side by side with cosmic thread.

He is future, present, and the past.

He's courage fed by fathers brave and mothers strong.

They've taught him well ... both right from wrong.

This world unceasingly expands it's view.

With opened eyes and a child's pride,

I am safely harnessed. I ... love this ride.





My Prophet rises. I am He.

I've wept in pain but now I'm free.

Upon this sand my heart is burned.

There is so much I have to learn.

My metamorphosis is marked by high-pitched

bells ringing through the cathedral of my mind.

I know I'm more than looks perceive.

My well is full. I have no greed.

Christ is here. He surely bleeds.

He is my lover. I am He.





04/17/2009

Posted on 04/18/2009
Copyright © 2025 Scott Utley

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