Sunday, April 14, 2019

Says the prodigal


After Luke 15:11-32

Says the prodigal:
I have sinned against heaven
I have sinned before you

Reality breaks through:
I have sinned against heaven
I have sinned before you

The prodigal son says that but
he wasn’t the first to say that
the first was pharaoh

as the plagues rained down
reality broke through for a time
for pharaoh, for the prodigal

Pharoah knew
all rulers know
all prodigals know

even when blinded
they know
we know because

we are pharaoh
we are the prodigal
we are the parable

and the father runs forward
arms opened wide
in spite of

Photograph by Josh Kahen via Unsplash. Used with permission.

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