The Redemption of The Last Supper of The Godless

--------------/The Redemption of The Last Supper of The Godless: The Thoughts of Samson Before He Pushed The Pillars In The Temple of Dagon


Merriment in temples of the godless treacherous
Dagon
the smell of cooked and seasoned meats
and aroma of fine wine diffused by frequent clashing of cups
music, cymbals, tambourines and drumbeats travel
through the air interrupted only by exuberant women’s laughter
and hardy roaring from churlish men
during the procession’s intermissions
yet amidst the celebratory craze
I can only contrive visions and sentiments and joys
from the past
trying to cry at night in a squalid prison cell with no eyes
the impotence of straining to free myself from once flaccid
shackles from which I often took pride in scoffing
(yet failing over and over again screaming)
the vivacious voice of my once demure wife to whom I gave my heart
with abandon once so soothing
now the shrill of tormented souls lost in the afterlife
without hope threatening me in my dreams
I miss the touch of her face against mine
I miss the tender caress and stroke of her hands
in my hair
the look of terror in the eyes of man and beast at
the reception of my glare
the freedom of choice that strength gave
the pride, the satisfaction
and its attendant comforts of control and autonomy
and dictation
now all but a faint memory at daybreak which only
appears to me as night
from now on
forever….night. darkness. despair
While those around me exalt in my debasement
I find refuge only in my grandiose play and feast of past thoughts,
in Israel and in the man I used to be
though if any solace can be found
I pray
it will greet me as redemption draws nigh
and restoration of former glories ride in like a cavalry
offering to take me away to a place I can exchange
bitter sorrows for my two eyes again
the false notion of a lifeless god for a powerful God
who heals and restores - Yahweh
and two pillars for all the lives of those who caused me
this insufferable harm






-----Judges 16:23-31
And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands. And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our bands, him that destroyed our country and killed very many. And rejoicing in their feasts, when they had now taken their good cheer, they commanded that Samson should be called, and should play before them. And being brought out of prison he played before them, and they made him stand between two pillars. And he said to the lad that guided his steps: Suffer me to touch the pillars which support the whole house, and let me lean upon them, and rest a little. Now the house was full of men and women, and all the princes of the Philistines were there. Moreover about three thousand persons of both sexes from the roof and the higher part of the house, were beholding Samson's play. But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God, remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge. And laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested, and holding the one with his right hand, and the other with his left, He said: Let me die with the Philistines. And when he had strongly shook the pillars, the house fell upon all the princes, and the rest of the multitude that was there: and he killed many more at his death, than he had killed before in his life. And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years.


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