| THE HAND OF GOD |
To woman who was very poor She had two more children besides the one But was forbidden to have any more The Egyptian guards came around To take all the newborns born this day She snuck away to save his life Before the guards could take him away She set him adrift on the river Nile And watched the tide carry him far Prayed to god that he would survive Under the light of the Northern star Away he drifted to another place A palace that belonged to the Pharaoh They found the baby in the basket Brought to the king, down paths that were narrow The queen fell in love with the boy And took him as her very own She gave him the name of Moses Who wouldnt grow up all alone He had a brother, brave and bold Ramses was what he was named They got along great, were best friends But their division is what was most famed A long time went by, both of them grew Into fine young handsome brave men Ramses was to be the next king Moses stuck by him through thick and thin Till one day, a voice from the past Spoke out with such hope and pain Telling Moses he was to do something Something that wasn�t very sane He was told that he did not belong With the King and his royal world That he was born of a different Mother Soon the pharaohs� secret had unfurled At first Moses didn�t want to listen And believe what the slave girl had said If it wasn�t for the Pharaohs kindness He, himself, would surely be dead He slowly found out the truth was told By this girl whom he had never met He began to cry a river of tears Next to a statue of Set He ran away to another place He needed to be at peace in his mind He turned out different from what he thought How could he have been so blind? A small caravan rescued him From the death of the desert Sahara Bathed him, clothed him, fed him food Taking him to a whole new era He learned to sheep herd and other stuff How to be complete with the land How to see the simple things Which to others would seem very bland He did this well and took a wife Lived his days and nights in peace Even though he was somewhat complete There was something else that wouldn�t release One day while herding the sheep some Something out to him had called The curiosity within him overtook And soon he had become enthralled He followed the voice to a sacred place In which he had removed his shoes And in the center, a burning bush Burned bright with firey hues He spoke to him very calmly yet Very stern, it wanted him to carry out A very special thing he was destined for But Moses was at first in great doubt The bush proved it's powers to him Reached out to touch the bright light Great things would happen all around When the time was absolutely right So Moses decided he had to obey And do what this bush asked him to It wouldn�t be easy that was for sure But he had the courage to strain and press through To free the slaves in your homeland Is the task that was difficult indeed To betray your only known family And set free the people in need So away he went, back to Egypt land To do what he was compelled To free the slaves of Egypt Against his family he would rebel Ramses rules the land this time And wouldn�t let the Jews leave So Moses and Hotep had a battle of power Moses won the match, his brother was peeved But alas Ramses was a brute And decided not to comply with the plan He sent an order for the slaves to work harder Most of them fell, tired, in the sand They blamed Moses for this dirty work It was his fault they were in this situation But Moses stood his ground and said There would soon be a great revelation God sent the plagues of Egypt Rained hellfire and broke the city If only Ramses would set them free To put them through this, such a pity He stood his ground more and more Till down came the hand of god To smite the firstborn of the Egyptians All from Moses� seemingly plain rod Ramses finally let the Jews escape Out of fear of what could come next So Moses led them to another land But Ramses was still completely vexed He sent the guards to destroy them While on their way out of town Came to a gigantic body of water They were trapped, or so they had found Moses didn�t know how to help There was nothing that he could do The sky bubbled and toiled about A giant inferno of a twister blasted through Then an amazing something happened Something they would never really believe The ocean parted... split in half So they could walk through the red sea They walked on, for hours it seemed As God held the Egyptians at bay They were finally through the oceans depths As they heard the king Ramses say: Kill Them all, take no prisoners Not one mere soul should be excluded The Egyptian guards followed his lead This army of Pharaoh was very deluded The Jews came out on the other side Onto the firm solid ground As the last one left the sea The sides came tumbling down On top of the Egyptians, washed away But the Jews were finally safe Just goes to show miracles can happen If you only have the faith. BACK TO POEMS |