Cessationism

Cessationism

Caleb Westbrook

Has the wheel of magic
ceased to turn,
the world once charged
with ghosts and spirits

but languishing now in hush
Belief remains steady, they say
God exists!
but what of belief,

what does it signify? What
empty curio cabinet is our faith?

Beware! The devil prowls around
in our ancient books, our modern
minds much too refined for
such superstition

while points of light
bespeckling
the primitive night are
balls of dying gas

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Caleb Westbrook
Writer & Teacher

Caleb is a high school teacher with degrees in both English and religion. He lives with his wife and two children in Antigua, Guatemala. His poetry has been published in Vita Poetica, Nassau Review, Time of Singing, and more; and his essays have been published online for Ekstasis and Dappled Things.  

Photography by Alina Chernii