Haiku
for decisions
With
time running out
Jesus
knew that he must go
to
Jerusalem.
The
company came
to a
Samaritan town,
but
they were rebuffed.
Why
Jerusalem?
If
you’re only passing through
don’t
bother to stay.
We
should punish them;
call
down fire! said James and John.
Jesus
rebuked them.
I
will follow you,
a
man said. Foxes have holes,
but
I am homeless.
I
will follow you,
a
man said, but I must wait
for
father to die.
The
dead must bury
their
own. Leave them, you must go
proclaim
God’s kingdom.
I
will follow you,
but
first I must say farewell
to
my family.
To
plough a straight line
you
cannot keep looking back;
likewise
the kingdom.
©
Ken Rookes 2019
