Friday, January 19, 2018

I was there


After 2 Corinthians 6:3-13

I was there when they came
with pikes and sticks and rocks
and often felt the pain
of stick and rock against skin

I was there when they came
chains and locks
dragging me through filth
into a darkened cell with rats
and lice and roaches for cellmates

I was there when the mob
screamed for my head, my blood
demanding my life for a perception
a rumor

I was there when they plotted
to kill me, when they were so
filled with hate that they
lashed and struck with reeds

I was there.
So was he.


Photograph by Louis Blythe via Unsplash. Used with permission.

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