Poem #9 Found Poems

Taj Mahal, by Yann, edited by King of Hearts, found on Wikimedia Commons

A very, very long day today and an even longer one ahead tomorrow. The best I can do tonight is a couple of poems I "found" while researching the Taj Mahal. I really do love found poetry and often play around with more familiar texts, e.g. passages from the Bible, in this way.   Tonight I'm just using found poetry because I thought these words were beautiful and because I'm just too tired to write my own poems. Head over to Mary Lee's blog for Day 9 of her April poetry series,  Our Wonderful World!
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"Peace"

The calligraphy

on the Great Gate reads,

"O Soul, 
thou art at rest.

Return 
to the Lord

at peace 
with Him,

and He 
at peace

with you.

"To Display the Creator's Glory"

Should guilty 

seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, 

he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner 

make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins 

are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion 

creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon 

shed tears 

from their eyes.
In this world 

this edifice 

has been made;
To display thereby 

the creator's glory.