The Aurora


Sparks flew
from the cobbler's hammer
which fell
in almost musical
repetition
to making shoes
for half the town
of Gorlitz.
Who could have guessed
what Fire sought
the humble peasant
as he fitted
his people
with the feet
of glad tidings?
These fresh
blessed winged souls
were enough to
cause even the
ancient Hermes
to bend the knee.
Dawn broke through
the gentle,
solitary hermeticist
one day in his
workshop.
The hammer fell
silent
and he turned
suddenly to find
light flare up -
reflected -
from a simple
pewter dish.
In one blazing
flash
was revealed to
Jacob Boehme
the secrets of
the Light of
the World.




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