The unridden colt

After Luke 19:28-40 

It’s still young, but

the unridden colt

has been waiting

for a particular

moment, a time

when it would be

called upon

for a specific use,

unique in history,

a one-time event

never before seen,

never since repeated,

a ride like no other,

a short distance,

uncomplicated,

to carry a man from

a village to a city.

The distance is

short; the impact

of that ride 

of that man

reverberates

through history,

forever.

 

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First, a colt

After Mark 1:1-11

It’s first the story

of a colt (some say

a donkey), a colt

toed and waiting

patiently for its

master. Except

this day, its master

would be unexpected,

a new master and

a new way, a man

who sent two disciples 

ahead to find the animal,

precisely where he said

it would be. No one 

had yet to sit

on the colt, ever;

this colt had been

set aside for a task,

a sacred task, 

a task and an act 

to be remembered

for all time.

The master knew 

the colt, down

to the smallest detail.

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