Bang! Bang! Bang!
Echoed through the streets and houses
hammer strokes descend on wood.
People, children, milled about him
buying, running, all unknowing
there on steps of long tradition,
bowing head in firm conviction,
challenging the church united,
Martin Luther stood.
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
Echoed through the nave and rafters
spreading fast throughout the land.
Priests distracted from their chanting,
bell boys pause their labors, panting,
hear the distant drumbeats pounding
certain warfare now advancing—
challenge of the Word unfettered,
Martin Luther’s stand.
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
Cracked like thunder through the hallway
of this house built on the sand.
Priests and people strain to hear him
standing in the room before them.
“Conscience captive to the scriptures
unconcerned with Papal strictures
bound to truth no man dare alter:
Word of God that cannot falter.
Here. I take my stand.”
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Outstanding – mind if I share? (w/ appropriate credit, of course!)
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No, go ahead. 🙂
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