ALF&BETH

Alpha and Omega;

         Know what I am?

         No permutational stringing of characters

                may fully describe divine being -

A to Z:

          Know your way around?

          No list of streets or indexed maps

                 define the pilgrim path -

Aleph, Beth, Gimel:

          Know the mathematical infinities?

          No measure even they

                 of redeeming grace -

Alpha and Omega…

A to Z…

Alphabets proliferate -

          Yet impotent all to measure faith

          As at Babel, all unable to comprehend -

And yet…

Alf, and Beth, and so many more

          Know me quite well,

          Tread with familiarity the pilgrim path,

          and are, by unspeakable grace, redeemed.