Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INVOCATION, by S. A. DETHALL


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INVOCATION, by                    
First Line: Christ with the crown of thorns
Last Line: Send me your strength for a while.
Subject(s): Crucifixion; Hate; Jesus Christ; Pain; Prayer; Social Protest; War; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Suffering; Misery


Christ with the crown of thorns,
God on the cross with a smile,
Teach me your strength this hour,
Lend me your patience a while.
Sickened am I with men,
Gorged to their sodden souls,
Careless that hunger and death
Stalk thru the stretch of the poles.

Gripped in a horrible hate
Am I for the sated and fed;
Gibbering lords who plan
Wars where they weed us with lead.
View I the woe that shrieks
High as the Pleiades,
Then see the smug and the sleek,
Drones that are taking their ease.

Weary of reason and rote,
Blaspheming God or blind Fate,
So I must ask your aid,
Christ, in my hour of hate.
Christ, who was stoned, reviled,
Suffering the cross with a smile,
Here in my moment of pain,
Send me your strength for a while.





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