SEEKING THE HONEST MAN
By
-Daniel-
©
Though we be apart,
we are but a heartbeat away.
I have come to share a Truth
upon this blessed day.
Before the sacred Throne of Being stood the Angels of Life and Death
as the fate of all dwelling in the Land of Deceit was to be judged.
And the Angel of Death declared that man had wasted the holy gift of Life
in the pursuit of sin, seeking to deceive his very God with the mask of his lies.
And the Angel of Death now sought to end the reign of man and to destroy the
world that his deceit had caused.
But the Angel of Life pleaded for the life of man,
saying that death could not right the wrongs committed;
But that only by living the honest life could man be restored to his rightful place.
And the Angel of Life begged his brother, the Angel of Death for mercy to be
shown unto the world of man.
Now the Angel of Death loved his brother, the Angel of Life,
and relented saying only…
“Bring unto me the one honest man dwelling in the Land of Deceit and I
shall spare all mankind and the world which he has chosen to create.”
So down into the Land of Deceit went the Angel of Life,
seeking to find just one honest man by which to save the world.
But everywhere he went, deception and deceit paved the way
and the Angel of Life grew despondent as he witnessed friends betraying friends
in order to attain positions of earthly power;
Lovers, professing the lies of their undying love, and the adulterous way
in which husbands and wives trampled upon their sacred wedding vows.
He listened as the politicians mumbled meaningless promises to the multitudes,
and he was there as the buyers and sellers of the marketplace greedily
cheated one another for their ill-gotten gains.
Into the courts did he go, seeking to find a single honest man,
but he only found men pretending to love the honest spirit of the Law,
while twisting and perverting its Truth to suit their own selfish needs.
Within the temples of worship did he sit, hoping to know that
the honest man lived within these sacred walls;
But the Angel of Life was sickened unto the very core of his Being
as he beheld the priests leading their faithful in holy prayer,
while preying upon the young and innocent for their own unholy desires.
Out into the streets did the Angel of Life flee, outraged by all that he had seen.
In disgust did he sit, contemplating his brother’s prophetic words concerning
the fate of those living in the Land of Deceit.
But as he sat in quiet reflection over the judgment that was about to be,
he looked up to behold the shadowy figure of a man standing before him.
And the man asked of the Angel why he was there in this lonely,
isolated place, saying…
“Know you not that it is unsafe for you to be here all alone?”
Then the Angel of Life told the man of his quest and of the fate awaiting
all the world if he failed, and with tears in his eyes did the Angel ask…
“Are you the one for whom I seek?”
But the man was filled with shame and remorse as he looked into
the pleading eyes of the Angel of Life and he answered, saying…
“Nay, my brother, I am not an honest man but rather only a thief
come to rob you of your most valued possession;
But even I cannot bear to steal away the last shred of your faith
in all mankind.
Oh would that I could, be the answer to your prayer,
living my life as an honest man.”
And joy lit up the face of the Angel of Life,
as he spoke unto the thief…
“In this world of pretenders, of deception and deceit, have I
come to find the one man who knows the reality of what he is
and the truth of what he aspires to be.
I see before me the one honest man and thus the world has been
saved by the honesty of a thief.”