Mocking the innocent

After Luke 22:66 – Luke 23:17 

The mocking begins, first the

guards and soldiers insulting,

slapping, hitting, ridiculing,

then the scribes and priests,

those venerated elites who

perform a mockery of a trial,

then the overlord, the governor

with the iron fist, the one who

sees clearly that there is no crime,

there is no criminal, yet finds

a loophole to avoid displeasing

the crowd and its leaders, even

iron-fisted rulers fear the mob, 

and sends him to the king. Who

wants a sign, wants entertainment,

wants amusement, but receives

only silence, so he adds his mocking,

dressing him like the king he’s not,

and returns him for judgment,

and still no fault or crime is found,

but the mob wants its sacrifice, 

its Passover lamb, its entertainment.

Its blood lust sated, and they choose

The thief over the innocent, they

embrace the sinful and condemn

the innocent, and the governor,

to sate the mob, gives him over

to death, washing his hands

of the whole affair but forever

associating himself with it.

 

Photograph by Akshar Dave via Unsplash. Used with permission.