Haiku of departure
He calls God ‘Father’
inviting his friends to share
the intimacy.
He keeps his father’s
trust; the men and the women
he took to himself.
Not one of them lost.
He embraces them in love,
giving protection.
Their home is not here
amidst earth’s dust and despair,
but with the Father.
Here, amidst earth’s dust
is the place of struggle, where
love is made concrete.
I made known your word,
they are holy through your truth.
Father, keep them safe.
Here, amidst earth’s dust
they must go on, without me;
making the love real.
The joy is complete
when love, truth, witness and word
are come together.
© Ken Rookes 2021
