Golden God

 Alas, this people is guilty
 of a great sin in making for
 themselves a god of gold.
                           Exodus 32:31

Going from bondage,
grazing aimlessly
toward a promised land.
Fearful titillations
of hopelessness.
Gone is Man-God to get us laws.
Gathering, at last,
at the bottom of the great mountain,
lost –
singing a sacrificial hymn
out of fear –
praying!
G o l – den God…
G o l – den God…
G o l – den God…
G o l – den God…
G o l – den God…
G o l – den God…
Someone
bewilderedly
cried out:
Golden God?
Moses,
upon his return
with the Tablets,
threw them at
the god of gold;
upon destroying it,
he pointed in the direction
of the Promised Land,
and shouted:
Go with God!

By Curt Robbins