Written by Jack Pontes
May 21, 2020 Brother Jacob tell me your dreams The one where you saw; he who redeems Us from this dust; we call the earth That same soil where your kindred give birth To many more dreamers like me and my pen Who point to the stone where he lay and just then Proclaim that we’re hopeless to reach this very place Less we have been blessed as with Jacob’s race In visions of stairways that also transport Angels the servants of light back and forth From the Lord of our hope and desire while here Spread out to the north and south and near That cold rock that gave you such rest and repose From all of your troubles, fiends, and foes Who make the slab cold and shaped it into A tool to crush dreams and visions of you Ascending the ladder all golden and bright A beacon of light dividing the night And parting all evil; right from the left To stand trial for their lies and unthinkable theft Of souls who sin, but still dream A life that is lighter than clouds and jet streams Rising to heaven escaping the dirt Never to weep or get angry and hurt Never to stumble, or slip and fall Down stairways and ladders or anything tall Enough to see saints and in every part Holy creation, science, and art Fused to design just such a means To escape all our troublesome, tiresome scenes Devised by us in our sinful desire To be like gods in houses of fire With spiral staircases and iron gates To shun the world and all that he hates And keep the land which belongs to Him Who gave it to Jacob and all of his kin Descendants and I who beg to know Where is this place that I should go? To rest my very weary soul And my head from out its hole |
Poetry
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Jack, a Fine Arts teacher for over 15 years, has written 4 musical theatre plays including, ‘Noah and the Ark’ staged in 2007. He has also written many social justice songs such as, ‘Hush Little Baby’, dedicated to the Peshawar Refugee Camp in Pakistan. Jack has also written children’s stories such as, ‘The Dragon Hunter’ which received a stellar review from Canadian novelist Makeda Silvera. Jack has also written many poems and lyric poems including, ‘The Bull Fight’, which was featured on Yahoo Glue and Humboldt, which was published in Raconteur Magazine.
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Written By Jack Pontes
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