Haiku for those who wait
Apocalyptic;
exciting literalists;
Jesus is coming!
Here are rich pickings
for those who speculate, who
think they have knowledge.
What does it all mean?
Much ink has been expended
through the centuries.
Perhaps those who lived
in the first century knew
the hidden meanings.
The disturbing signs
hide a worse reality;
as the planet burns.
Jesus will return
to fix the climate. Is that
what it really says?
The generation
did pass away, so that much
is proved incorrect.
All is temporal.
Heaven, earth, these both will pass.
Jesus’ words remain.
Inescapable:
the warning to be ready,
alert and faithful.
© Ken Rookes 2021
