Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Prayer of Gratitude for the Badi Calendar

Prayer of Gratitude for the Badi Calendar

Thank you, Primal Point,
for this unique and wondrous calendar,
whose days,
and months,
and years proclaim
the attributes
of the Almighty.

In this
the 10^th Vahid1
of the 1^st Kull-i-Shay2,
I consider the changes
that Your revelation
and the revelation of Baha'u'llah
has worked
upon humanity.

Slowly
the differences
of race,
of nation,
of religion
of political affiliation,
and etc.
are being placed behind us
as we struggle
to find the common ground
of unity
that the Badi calendar reflects.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 43 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab.

Footnotes
1  Unity
2  All Things