Commandment

Haiku of supreme importance

People sing Glory!

raising hands in ecstacy;

doesn’t mean a thing.

Don’t care what you say,

there’s just one way to glory;

a pathway through death.

Soon I will be gone,

you cannot go there with me,

where I am going.

Listening to God,

following God’s commandments;

these things bring glory.

Another command,

(call it new, but it’s been said),

just love each other.

Actions filled with love!

This is how I have loved you;

that’s what you must do.

Everyone will know

that you belong to my group

when you live in love.

There’s no other way,

forget raised arms, words and songs:

it’s only by love.

© Ken Rookes 2019