I was visited
by the power and the glory
I was visited by a majestic hymn
Great bolts of lightning
Lighting up the sky
Electricity flowing through my veins
I was captured by a larger moment
I was seized by divinity's hot breath
Gorged like a lion on experience
Powerful from life
I wanted all of it
Not some of it
I saw a man turn into a bird
I saw a bird turn into a tiger
I saw a man hang from a
cliff by the tips of his toes
In the jungles of the Amazon
I saw a man put a red hot
needle through his eye
Turn into a crow,
and fly through the trees
Swallow hot coals,
and breathe out flames
And I wanted this to
happen to me
We saw the moon vanish into his pocket
We saw the stars disappear from sight
We saw him walk across
water into the sun
While bathed in eternal light
We spewed out questions,
waiting for answers
Creating legends, religions,
and myths
Books, stories, movies, and plays
All trying to explain this
I saw a
great man turn
into a little child
The cancer reduced him to dust
His voice growing weak as
he fought for his life
With a bravery few men know
I saw isotopes introduced
into his lungs
Trying to stop the cancerous spread
And it made me think of
Leda and The Swan
And gold being made from lead
The same power that burned Hiroshima
Causing three-legged babies
babies and death
Shrunk to the size of a nickel
To help him regain his breath
And I was struck by
the power and the glory
I was visited by a majestic Him
Great bolts of lightning, lighting up the sky
As the radiation flowed through him
He wanted all of it
Not some of it