Haiku of entry
In Jerusalem,
by the sheep gate; Beth-zatha
a pool of healing.
Beside Beth-zatha
pool, many invalids lie,
blind, lame, paralysed.
Ill thirty-eight years.
Jesus asks his strange question:
Would you be made well?
When the angel stirs
the water, I am too slow;
others enter first.
Stand, take your mat. Walk!
The man was made well, and walked.
It was the sabbath.
Rules have been broken.
Love brings healing and wholeness.
Let’s keep breaking rules.
© Ken Rookes 2022
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