Bicentenary Poems and Prose

The Night the Holy Spirit Spoke: To The Bab

The Night the Holy Spirit Spoke:
To The Bab

"… men have always been taught and led by the Prophets of God. The Prophets of God are the Mediators of God. All the Prophets and Messengers have come from One Holy Spirit and bear the Message of God, fitted to the age in which they appear. The One Light is in them and they are One with each other."

Abdu’l-Baha1

On the night the Holy Spirit spoke
proclaiming the birth of a new Messenger of God,
of a Mediator between the creation and the Creator,
of a Mirror reflecting the Light of Divinity
the pure in heart paused in anticipation
of a New Heaven and a New Earth.

On the night the Holy Spirit spoke
proclaiming the birth of the Gate of God
the Concourse on High raised their voices in jubilation,
and in one voice all of God's Prophets announced
the arrival of the Day of Resurrection.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem 198 of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.

Footnotes
1  Abdu’l-Baha in London, p. 23.