The boy's father

After Luke 1:67-79

The boy’s father,

silent for a year,

breaks into words,

a vision, a song,

singing of a visit,

redemption, salvation,

deliverance, mercy,

promise, service,

a prophecy of 

preparation, going

before, to give

knowledge, understanding

of what was to come:

salvation and

forgiveness.

 

The words, so long

in coming, burst forth

in a tidal wave

when they came.

 

Photograph by Nghia Le via Unsplash. Used with permission.