Poem May 7, 2012 Issue

Father=Mother

Hugh Pendexter III

Our Father is Mother; unlimited by gender:
Not god and goddess, as the ancients strove
to balance love conditional on virtue
with love embracing all—condoning faults
still unforsaken. Principle is Love:
She does not wring Her hands at tragedy,
weeping helpless as evil seems to mar
the beauty of His gracious universe.
She stands as law: His gesture wipes out all
that justice cannot praise and goodness bless.

Father sets the tempo and the key;
Mother blends all tones in harmony;
Father-Mother frames the world in song.

—Hugh Pendexter III

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