Sunday, 15 October 2017

Haiku Variations. The Struggle (Just like Jacob), 1 - 12.



Do I win whilst losing
For just like Jacob, Avraham´s child
I too struggle with You 


Is this life a battle

One I do not want to win
But then, my beautiful earth

Do You protect and heal  
In the end all that was wounded
By the evil material man

Even now there are monsters
Destroyers of all the beautiful and good
Who think themselves overlord

And already You have released
Your angels who by sword and fire
Entice Faust to his coup

Many follow a fake president
A little emperor or a false priest
They battle for my blood

The falsehood on their brow
The soul that was squandered long ago
My nature not for sale

My struggle I have lost
Voluntarily, for my loss will protect me
From the rulers who perish 

With His Word, and return,
Will everything of this world be annulled
To preserve earth, my nature

Gladly I lose like Jacob
I wrestle with the Imperishable for eternity
Thus I lose and receive 

Me will be given life
A plant and animal realm, heaven untouched
A rise between the stars

And still awake I realize
That I have never struggled with You
Not Jacob and not I





















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