Destruction and death
unimaginable, but then
a sliver of light, a people
protected, a people
delivered, all of whose
names are written
in the book, some
to awake to life and
some to awake to shame.
Those in life shine
in brightness of the sky,
the righteousness
of the stars
eternal.
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The vision continues,
a roll call of reigns,
a litany of brokenness,
defeats, deceit, plunder,
spoil, war, evil, lies,
despotism, destruction,
profanity, desolation,
sword and flame,
idolatry, self-worship,
corruption, division,
vengeance, retribution,
a succession of defeats,
the way of the world,
all this foreseen and
spoken in the vision,
the dream, in detail.
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