Humanity at Stake

Humanity at Stake (for Baha'u'llah) *

Four months bound
One hundred pounds of chain around His neck
From lack of food and water - sick
Three flights down below the ground,
withstanding for humanity’s sake - pain
Understanding, He never complained
His feet beaten - bastinado on tender soles
Awake ~  day and night, rejoicing
His plight - prison
(His Prism)
God forbid this Hole!
The Black Pit as it is known
The Siyah-Chal
Breaker of the dawn ~ Baha’u’llah
Ankle deep in filth, infested
Arrested! ~ God’s Grace to man
Imagine it if you can - the stench,
attached to murderers and highway robbers,
together chained
Detached, He never complained
nor the friends who followed Him
to meet their death ~
to be tortured for (The One)
(The Father of the Son)
As promised, He came
But as it went before - the same,
ignored
Some heard ~ listened to the stories
of how He wore ~
one hundred pounds of chain around His neck,
from lack of food and water - sick
I (for One) will never forget
Baha’u’llah
Three flights down
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Below the ground
I can still hear the sound of
Baha'u'llah with prisoners chained,
bound together
Two rows -- one row facing the other
deep in the Pit,
and yet ~
one row would chant,
God is sufficient unto me: He verily is the All-sufficing...
the other row echoing back ~
In Him let the trusting trust!
Verses ringing in the dust,
Baha'u'llah singing,
Oh, my God, Baha'u'llah singing ~
Let the trusting trust

Ya Baha'u'l-Abha!
Linda
*http://bahai-library.com/compilation_suffering_bahaullah#II