Road trip

 

Road Trip

Haiku for Pilgrims

Family road trip:

The annual pilgrimage

for the Passover.

Three days on the road:

Nazareth – Jerusalem;

and then the return.

Such a company

of family and friends; he’ll

be around, somewhere.

Twenty-four hours

before the child was missed. Back

to Jerusalem!

Aged twelve, they found him

in the temple, discussing

spiritual things.

Mightily relieved,

his parents took him to task:

Why have you done this?

Why were you searching?

I was always at home here,

in my Father’s house.

Back in Nazareth

the boy stayed out of trouble,

at least for a time.

© Ken Rookes 2021