POETRY:  Moses Addresses God *

Charles Upton

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MOSES ADDRESSES GOD

by Charles Upton

Your generosity to many was Your wrath;
Your cruelty to me, Your mercy.
Though You played the Pharoah
In the tyranny of Your beauty,
You required me to be Moses
And walk the narrow path.


Originally published in the print edition of The American Muslim, Spring, 1994

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