The Seven Trumpets: 1-4

First in a three part series The Seven Trumpets: Revelation 8:2-13

Hurled earthward, the censer of prayer Mingled with embers from the altar above Traces its catapult arc into the World’s air Over its ramparts with a furious love. The trumpets blow--the walled kingdom to (a)waken With heralding trials which lay open the heart Exposing the fears and foundations shaking And calling their resistance down from their ramparts. The first trumpet peals setting creation to burn. The second throws a mountain in(to) the sea. Third, Wormwood’s bite makes waters to churn, And the fourth darkens heaven's panoply. High above cries an eagle in flight Woe to those who remain hardened at the coming of (the) night.

artwork: La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')