Essential haiku
Hard to imagine
a world where love
is vanquished
and fear goes
unchecked.
If I have not love
then I am nothing,
worthless
just a fading sound
I may understand
mysteries; if I lack
love
I’m less than a
breath.
Patient, kind,
trusting
the good intent of
others;
love is this, and
more.
Love delights in
truth,
bears all, hopes,
does not insist;
and never gives up.
Prophecies will
cease,
tongues and
knowledge, too, will end.
Love goes on and on.
So much is partial;
when all things are
made complete
so, too, will
knowledge.
Behave like adults,
put an end to
childish ways;
be guided by love.
There remain three
things
without compare:
faith, hope, love.
The greatest is
love.
©
Ken Rookes 2020
Posted in response to the Narrative Lectionary, 1 Corinthians 13, for the sixth Sunday in Easter.
