Going
fishing
Piscatorial
Haiku
Seven
disciples
decided
to go fishing:
found
themselves a boat.
They
went out at night
hoping
that the fish would come
but
they caught nothing.
Standing
on the shore
the
stranger shouted advice:
Try
the other side!
The
nets are breaking;
It
must be the Lord! they shout.
Peter
heads ashore.
A
lakeside fire,
a
breakfast of bread and fish
with
their risen Lord.
Jesus
asks Peter:
Simon,
do you love me more?
Lord,
you know I do.
Simon,
feed my lambs.
Twice
more Jesus questions him:
How
do you love me?
Eventually
even
Simon must get it;
love
made real by deeds.
He
said, Feed my sheep,
take
care of my little lambs.
It’s
all about love.
©
Ken Rookes 2019
