Born in silence,
Wrapped in promise.
In a hoary mantle shorn
Building paths in the wilderness.
Proclaiming one man's eminence
To scribes and teachers remorseless.
Repent! The cry
from the desert.
Bring his head! The command
from soiled marble halls.
None greater. The words bestowed
from only He who can.
Elijah has come.
© Hal Paxton
