Saturday, April 23, 2011

Work in Progress

Here's a poem I'm still working on, but it's pretty relevant for the Easter season.  Thoughts?



“I saw him” said the blind man
“he knew about my sin” said a well known sinner, surprised.
and the rumors of a king began to be whispered
Sure, you’ve had presidents before
you’ve had governors and mayors and mothers and husbands or wives
but have  you had a king?
have you stood out under the reign of a king?
On the day he arrived
on a mighty stead
or was it a baby donkey?
it was a day when
palm readers and
palm weavers become
palm wavers in streets
throwing words they’d been saving in jars
for the day when a king would arrive
and when people laid down their reign coats
clearing the way for a new head of state
and really a king is a thing like no other being
the only one who can double jump backward
the one who’s winning any game of foursquare
defended by queens and bishops and pawns
this is no burger king
he’s a bread and wine king
a fish and loaves king
he’s a spit and mud king
a suffer and die king

1 comment:

Missioneire said...

Ted, I love the imagery of "throwing words they'd been saving in jars"

It makes me wonder what hopes I have and how in my fears I hide them instead of giving them to my Lord.

Anyway, thanks for writing!

Steve