Deception: her

After Acts 5: 7-11

What was she thinking,

that her husband was

clever in his deception,

her deception, keeping

a part of funds received

but claiming credit 

for all? She followed

the script, planned and

possibly rehearsed:

“The full price was given.”

She, too, fell down,

breathing her last.

She, too, was carried out.

She, too, was buried with

her partner in deception.

And what do you profit,

to gain the whole world,

or even a tiny fraction,

and lose your soul?

Photograph by Toa Heftiba via Unsplash. Used with permission.