Monday, September 26, 2022

Punishment

 

Haiku to be avoided


A fallen woman

personifies the city;

weeping, abandoned.


She's been unfaithful

to God, and all her lovers

have abandoned her.


She was exalted,

a princess; now she's become

but a bond-servant.


The roads to Zion

mourn, streets are empty, no one

attends festivals.


Grieving and groaning;

she is a desolation.

Her lot is bitter.


Enemies prosper,

the suff'ring is great: even

her children are gone.


For her many sins

Judah is left desolate;

punishment from God.


There appears no hope

in images of despair.

For that we must wait.


© Ken Rookes 2022

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