Elijah is taken up

Haiku for a succession

The aging prophet,

Elijah, was on the move;

Gilgal to Bethal.

He told Elisha,

Wait here. No, said his junior,

I will not leave you.

The local prophets

announce: This day your master

will depart! I know.

The action repeats.

Bethel, Jericho and Jordan;

they all have a go.

Rolling his mantle

Elijah struck the water.

The Jordan parted.

The old prophet asked

Elisha, Make a request

before I depart.

A double portion

of your spirit! That my friend

is quite a big ask.

If you can see me

as I am taken from you,

it will be granted.

Chariot, horses

of fire separated them;

and then the whirlwind.

Father, my father!

he cried, as the old prophet

ascended on high.

© Ken Rookes 2024