from the book of revelation
the door in the sky took me by surprise
and at once I wanted to walk through
but gravity overruled my ambitions
though chaos rang through the land
I clearly heard His voice
calling me by reaching out
grabbing the neck of my shirt
and flinging me
effortlessly through space and time
bedazzled before the throne
I was certain I had reached the omega
snatched out of the first century
and inserted into the last
in my attempt to comprehend these
events I recalled His promise
to the church at philadelphia
death will be swallowed up in victory
I stood among millions singing
never-before-heard psalms
and like everyone else
I lifted my crown from atop my head
august two thousand fourteen
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