Now that day was a Sabbath

Haiku by the pool.

In Jerusalem

many invalids, blind, lame,

wait beside the pool.

When the water stirs,

according to tradition,

healing is present.

Portico people

hoping for this lottery

to deliver life.

At the Sheep Gate pool

the lame man lies, unable

to enter in time.

Jesus came, asking

Do you want to be made well?

Did he need to ask?

Stand, he told the man,

Take your mat and take a walk.

That is what he did.

It was the Sabbath

when Jesus made the man well;

most reckless of him.

© Ken Rookes 2019