Friday, June 7, 2019

On the precipice


After Luke 19:11-27

On the precipice
of the crack in time,
the moment when
nothing would be
the same again,
the moment 
at the juncture
of the before
and the after,
a price was
required, a toll
to cover the before.
Eyes focused 
on the after,
they would miss
the reality
of the moment,
they would see
the wrong thing,
at least for a time,
until after the cock
crowed,
until after the curtain
tore,
until after the stone
rolled,
until after the wound
was touched.

Photograph by Cristina Gottardi via Unsplash. Used with permission.

1 comment:

signed...bkm said...

Eyes focused
on the after,
they would miss
the reality
of the moment,

we are all to focused on the after...instead of the want of the now and its blessed offerings...bkm