In all simplicity

At first
I prayed to know
That God is greater,
Love is greater—far, far greater—
Than all the taunts
Of hate, destruction, fear:
Than all their shouts,
Than all their claims,
However loud they seem to be.

But “Wait a moment,”
“Pause a moment,”
“Pray again,” I heard.

And then light dawned:
Not “greater than,”
For God is All,
So Love is All,
And nothing else can be.

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