High expectations

Haiku of anticipation

High expectations

reverberate through Judah:

has the time arrived?

The baptising man;

we’ve been waiting for so long,

could he be the one?

They put it to him:

Are you the Christ-Messiah?

He answered them: No!

I wash with water

baptising to cleanse your sin;

he is so much more.

He comes bringing fire

to fill you with the Spirit;

set your hearts ablaze.

When the candidates

had all been baptised by John,

Jesus himself comes.

As he is praying

the doors of heaven open

Spirit-dove descends.

Heaven’s voice is heard,

(whisper, thunder, who can say?)

My beloved Son!

© Ken Rookes 2019