From The Sun To Hell Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

Having read how the prophet stayed the Sun,
I wondered whether from the old Testament:
Took the Bible to leaf through Judges book
Thinking it must be during the reign of David.

Instead, I came across the death scene of Saul
The first king of Israel, which called to mind
Eros in Antony and Cleopatra behaving same
As the armorbearer in I Samuel, chapter 31.

Got on to read David’s outpouring of sorrow
In Mount Gilboa ‘How the mighty are fallen!
Jonathan’s love surpassing the love of women’.
The Amalekite who got killed, not rewarded.

Searching for what I wanted, glanced through
Gideon’s doings, and went back to Joshua
And there it was: he said, “ Sun, stand still
Over Gibeon: Moon, in valley of Aijalon.

So the Sun stood still, and moon stopped,
The Sun did not hasten to go down for
About a whole day: and, there has been
No day like that, before it or after it.

For the Lord heeded the voice of man;
I took yellow marker to remind me this -
Drawn by what people thought years ago,
Curious how they recorded, on hearsay?

Ended my peregrinations of the morning
With Faustus’ prayer to the Sun to stop
So the Midnight hour wont strike,
For Devil to pull him down to hell.