Jesus Christ, is it you?

seeking You


with John from his prison cell
we ask:
Are You the One
or should we seek another?

century after countless century
I and my Children
still wander in the desert

asking
turning away
failing to see
each other

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what value

obstacles raised were formidable
for every solution offered
greater resistance arose

the tale told over and over again
for how long?

no one remembered
when it wasn’t there
the split, the separation,
the questions unanswered

silenced in the end
by the only question, in truth,
that could be asked:

"but what could matter
more than love?"


- pb 2011 - from "untying the web"


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