The lawyer's question

Haiku for heroes

The lawyer’s question;

a test of orthodoxy,

unconcerned for truth.

What does the law say?

Love God and love your neighbour.

Now that’s a big ask!

The lawyer wants rules

to define loving’s limits.

Which ones must I love?

A Samaritan,

much despised, is made hero

in Jesus’ story.

Maligned foreigners,

and other ratbags, become

heroes through their love.

The Samaritan

is Muslim, refugee, and

other suspect folk

Unlikely heroes

confront our own shortcomings.

Best discard this tale.

The lawyer concedes

Yes, love is the way to life,

true and eternal.

Here alone is life!

Like Jesus told the Lawyer:

Go and do the same!

© Ken Rookes 2019