The Living God

It comes of a sudden, without preamble or warning;

In an instant the fullness overwhelms, stuns you senseless,

And leaves you gasping simply “Oh!”

Even as your ecstasy still sounds

You are already in its wake,

Awash in destruction, marooned in the here-and-now!

Knowledge dismembered,

Wisdom ravaged, exposed utterly -

The impotent alchemy of frightened old men.