resurrection of the body, and life everlasting – Ashley Choi

October 3, 2026

i once met you in a dream, where masoretic flesh touched the ground and opened up the gaping hole to the ravaged lands, where awaiting me was korah and dathan and abiram, and i understood what destruction was at the hands of the lord. and i dreamt of a barren’s mother chest, hardened by the sun of the promised land, and a mother who had given herself up to bring back the massacred innocents. and in another dream i found my head in the lap of the accuser, where stained sheep fell at my feet, and i found myself warmed by the eyes of a murderer whose bronze teeth reminded me of the sword and the shield that fell in canaan. and in the night, your creations, horses prepared for battle, stamped their feet in unison to the thundering voices that echoed from the abyss below, and i thought god, if there was only a flood–