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.