John’s resurrected Jesus tells us
that those who have not seen
shall be blessed.
Those for whom a mere glimpse
of shining hope and truth
is enough to lay hold
of their earth-bound souls
and catapult them into sacred lifetimes
of searching and striving.
Their hearts swell, indignant and angry,
at the meanness of the self-righteous,
and they determine
that they shall tread the different path.
They shall be blessed.
Believing against all evidence,
that wrongs can be made right,
that darkness can be defied,
and that love, generous
in its many colours and permutations,
will rise above the paralysing fear;
they shall be blessed;
These few who are captured by the story
of one no longer seen, yet defiantly present;
for them the slightest whisper
of his enthralling voice is liberation and life.
Unashamed to weep, unafraid to die;
they shall be blessed.
© Ken Rookes 2011
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