Monday, July 27, 2020

Dining

Haiku for the hungry

Seeking solitude,
he found a deserted place,
but the crowd followed.

Sometimes it’s too much,
we all need time for ourselves;
space to think and pray.

Seeing the people,
he was stirred with compassion,
reaching out to heal.

As the sun went down
his friends spoke: Send them away,
they need to buy food.

They need not depart,
I have fed their souls, we’ll find
food for bodies, too.

They brought it to him,
the five loaves and the two fish;
all the food they had.

That should do, he said.
as he blessed and broke the loaves.
They shared them around.

So many people,
so many ways to hunger;
Jesus feeds them all.

© Ken Rookes 2020

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