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Poem: “La Misericordia Bulla”

by on Dec 01, 2016 in Poetry
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La Misericordia Bulla

Mercy for you, mercy from me.
Hosanna, mercy! Hosanna, me !

Dogma says “don’t”, doctrine says “whoa”!
Tradition says “halt”. Serviam? I say Noa.

Sin can be virtue, but virtue be sin.
But mercy is mercy, Voila! Sin again.

Obstinate, harsh, hateful justice is wrong.
Mercy the prize, dance to my song.

Mercy the rock, the rock built on me.
So it is now and ever will be.

Mercy for all, unring the bell.
Satan is saved, though his ideal is hell

Mercy for you, mercy from me.
Hosanna, mercy! Hosanna, me!

Guy McClung


Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D. received his law degree from the University of Texas and his doctorate in philosophy from Rice University, with a specialization in the philosophy of law. Unable to give up his day job as a patent attorney, he writes in his spare time unless that time is spent with his wife of forty-two years who is pointing him toward heaven. His bedtime reading is St. Thomas Aquinas and the Fathers of the Church.