Haiku
God, Moses chatting.
Come up the mountain, says God;
I’ll give you some laws.
God’s been hard at work
formulating commandments;
writing them on stone.
Benevolent laws
for harmonious living;
laws that lead to life.
Moses, Joshua,
start their climb, tell the elders:
Wait here, we’ll be back.
The mystery cloud
covers Sinai; God’s glory,
a devouring fire.
On the seventh day
God calls from the cloud. Moses
goes up inside it.
From way down below
the people see the glory;
wonder what it means.
Forty days and nights
Moses is gone. The people
think he must be dead.
© Ken Rookes 2023
