"I am the voice of one
Crying in the wilderness..."*
The Prophet Baptizer said,
Two millennia ago.
He was in the desert
Dry and arid,
Lifeless and empty.
He still speaks today;
Calling from cities,
Pleading from suburbs,
Entreating in towns,
Universities,
Streets and alleys.
The Prophet Baptizer
Would discern our desert
Barely different
From his own;
A wilderness
He would know,
A wasteland of spirit,
Arid of soul,
Empty of heart,
Lifeless of purpose.
His message
To us today
In our private empty-lands
Is the same,
"Make straight the way
Of the Lord."
(c) Adron
*Bible, Gospel of John 1:23
