Zealots
The certainty
of a fanatic
makes me smile
to mask my panic.
The truth is:
I pity them
their lack of doubt–
their fascination
with damnation.
They want to shout you
into heaven
which is the worst kind
of salvation!
The moral
of the story
is this:
Moses encountered glory
in the burning
of the bush–
but sometimes God
is in a kiss--
in the pull-
and not the push.
(Published in The Progressive Christian, Summer 2009).
