12-28-2019, 11:43 AM
Hills and Families
They were hill-men, Alexander
and King David, one born royal,
one born humble, father to
a greater king than he.
Hills of Macedon, Judea,
warriors from birth or by
necessity of shepherding,
one conquered his king’s heart with verses
and sweet singing, one the world
by leading loving soldiery
and push of pike.
What of their families,
Olympias and Phillip,
Jesse and Nitzevet,
Uriah and Bathsheba,
Abasalom and Solomon,
patrons Aristotle, Samuel?
A smaller stage for David,
no less crowded or less savage
but from him songs and sons,
for Alexander cities named,
sung far from hills of home.
They were hill-men, Alexander
and King David, one born royal,
one born humble, father to
a greater king than he.
Hills of Macedon, Judea,
warriors from birth or by
necessity of shepherding,
one conquered his king’s heart with verses
and sweet singing, one the world
by leading loving soldiery
and push of pike.
What of their families,
Olympias and Phillip,
Jesse and Nitzevet,
Uriah and Bathsheba,
Abasalom and Solomon,
patrons Aristotle, Samuel?
A smaller stage for David,
no less crowded or less savage
but from him songs and sons,
for Alexander cities named,
sung far from hills of home.
Non-practicing atheist